Into the jungle we go...   We set off from our hotel and jumped in a cab to take us to the part of La Paz where the buses to Rurrenabaque leave from. As soon as we got in though, we hit a massive queue of traffic. Turns out the main road was closed for a kulak demonstration (very common in Bolivia apparently). The driver had to take a very convoluted route to get us to the bus station, and we made the bus with seconds to spare. Or so we thought. As usual, ...

La Paz 1We set off from Copacabana on the bus and soon reached a gap in the road caused by Lake Titicaca. We all had to get off the bus and travel across in a very small boat. The bus came separately on some old planks of wood with an engine attached. Normally we could have just stayed on the bus as it made the crossing, but in 2001 a bus tipped over and sank to the bottom of the lake, taking all of the passengers with it. Oops!We soon arrived in La Paz and went ...

Jesus and Mohammed Went to Sea in a Beautiful Pea Green BoatWe set off from Puno by bus and after about 2 hours arrived at the Bolivian border, where we had to undergo the usual formalities. Or so we thought. After queuing to see the police, and then the immigration people, we went to change some money. When we came out of the office, we were herded by more police into an interview room and had all our bags searched (and sniffed, he he kulaks) for drugs. We ...