The alarm went off at 5:30am and it was a bit of a struggle to get up. We needed to check out though and be ready for our 6:15am taxi to take us to the airport. The traffic was non existent though this early on a Sunday morning so we arrived at the airport with heaps of spare time. We were flying with BOA, Bolivia's national airline, through Cochabamba to Sucre. We knew they were going to be short flights and were surprised to be served a sandwich and drink. Th...

We were up early again but there was not as good a sunrise today. While we waited for the restaurant to open, we packed our bags ready for the trip back to La Paz. After breakfast we checked out and walked down the cobbled road to the main plaza. We found a minivan/people mover that already had 2 people in it, so with us, it just needed one more before leaving. It was only Bs.30 each for the 2 hour trip which was very reasonable. It seems that everyone is allo...

It was still early when we woke up, we had left the curtains open and the light was just beginning to turn red. It was still relatively warm down in these lower altitudes so it was pleasant enough to wait outside and see sun rise, lighting the peaks of the mountains. Breakfast wasn't being served until 8am but we were in no rush, today had always just been planned as a chill out day. David's only frustration was a lack of internet or TV, he wanted to find out t...

We had booked the same tour as Carlee and Andy for the cycle down La Carretera de los Yungas aka the World's Most Dangerous Road and also arranged to stay in Coroico afterwards instead of returning to La Paz. Our bags were put into storage at Arthy's at 7am and we walked across town to Oliver's Pub, La Paz's 100% Fake English Pub which also doubled as the meeting point for the Gravity Assisted Mountain Biking tour. The pub was packed with people - it turned out...