Bolivia, the country smack bang in the middle of south america and by far offered the best and the worst experiences of my trip so far.

I started off my trip with an overnight bus ride to copacabana, which is a beautiful town that lies on the edge of lake titikaka. Boarding the bus was the first moment i started to feel sick... and from then on it was a down hill ride all the way to Giardia and Salmonella. (Im all better now!) The bus was extremly comfotable with heaps of leg room and massive comfortable seats.

We stayed one night in Copacabana in a beautiful little hostel high on the hill that over looked the lake. It had hammocks and lounge chairs, which made for a nice break in the tiersome trip between Cusco and La Paz. During the extremly sunny day we walked around town and went shopping. in the afternoon we caught the bus to La Paz.

La Paz is a bustling, dirty city set in the middle of a massive crater, so at night when all the houses are lit up its so beautiful. And set behind the city is a massive snow capped mountain. We stayed in an Irish Hostel to the north of the city.

The first day or two we hung out in the hostel and walked around the city. We visted some markets which offered practically the same sort of stuff as in cusco but was cheaper. We also bike rode down The Worlds Most Dangerous Road or Death Road which was soooo much fun! I was sick that day so it was a surprise that i had such an amazing time. The road wraps around cliffs in a valley and is only about a metre and half wide in some places, also it wasnt paved. goole some photos of it and you can see how trucks and cars tried to squish past. All the way down the road are momuments dedicated to people who have plummeted off the edge. The road also has political significance, once during an election the bolivian president at the time knew he was not going to be reelected, so he got all of this opposition and pushed them over the edge. nice guy.

After the bike ride we planned on heading to Uyuni to do one of the salt flat tours, however it turned out that bolivia was having an election so for Sunday the whole country shut down for a day. This meant a few extra days in La Paz. We visited the witch markets which had dried baby llama featus and weird remedies and charms to cure all of your health needs. needless to say i did not go to a witch doctor for my food poisoning.

in the next post ill write all about the salt flats :)