We arrived at the bus station and just double checked if any buses were running that day but they were not. As the others were checking I went off to buy empanadas which I had taken a liking to. They were a great snack and cheap as chips. I saw a sweet looking old woman on the streetside, so as usual she got my sympathy vote and I ordered three chicken and three meat in my best Spanish and handed her a fiver equivalent. She was so old and sweet I had not b...

So we all jumped on the bus and headed to Potosi where we then needed to change bus to Sucre. Simple. As we got on the outskirts the bus suddenly shot off the main road and started going down a dirt road. A dirt road too bumpy and rough for a big coach to handle, but he kept on going as we banged all over the place. Clearly we are being taken to a place to get mugged I thought. There was no other explanation. Then when we got to the end of the road he tur...

I had paid a little extra to go with a specific company for the tour as everyone said they were much better and well worth it, so was a little disappointed to get put in a landcruiser that was probably older than me. Sods law the others in the group were all really tall, (even the girls), so I had to volunteer to go in the back where the seats were slightly higher so there is less headroom. There were Six of us all together, two couples from Holland, Rick...