My heavy duty cold tablets seem to be kicking in to good effect but not good enough sadly to alleviate my wheezing & cough so could not go on the tour down the famous silver mines. So I decided to make the best of a bad situation & lazed around in bed reading a crime thriller in my cozy heated bedroom!! Eventually I managed to tear myself away from my bed for a wander round the market (sorry Potosi but Sucre definitely out markets you!) & to visit s...

Woke ready & raring to leave Sucre. Not sure if it is due to my feeling poorly again but did not really warm to Sucre. Headed to my favourite place, the Mercado Central, for a huge & delicious fruit salad which I had been coveting ever since I arrived in Sucre. Only 6Bs. Bargain! Then popped into one of the many chocolate shops to by a bar of orange choc as a treat for the bus ride. Cheapest bus so far at only 20Bs to Potosi. Comfy bus but sadly a sma...

The infamous fruit salad :)

Arrived into Potosi in the coolest bus station I have ever seen. A huge reflective blue glass dome which resembles a space ship from an alien world. No hiccoughs finding a spot in our hostel of choice, Koala's Den. We scored a twin room in the annex with heating & warmed by the sun during the day. Room also had a tv! Luxury!! After a cheap pizza in town the evening was spent cuddled up in bed watching a CSI marathon. So grateful for the heater as once it g...

Wandered around Sucre in the glorious sunshine. On recommendations from other travellers we visited the city's cemetery. Really different. Apart from the usual chapel-like family crypts & grand statutes, there were streets & streets of building with 3 or more levels of windows. Behind each window was a burial space. It was like apartments for the departed. Never seen anything like it & they stretched as far as the eye could see. Finally gave in &...