So after surviving a second tiny plane ride back from Rurrenabaque to La Paz and then dumping straight on a bus we were on our way to our final stop in Bolivia - Copacabana on the shore of Lake Titicaca. The bus journey itself proved slightly eventful as the quickest route crosses part of the lake so we were all told to jump off the bus and board a little motor boat while the bus itself (still with all our luggage on board) drove off to another slightly precar...

Our jungle trip started with a 40 minute flight from La Paz to Rurrenbaque; sounds straightforward but this was on a tiny 19 seater plane that first had to fly through the mountains surrounding La Paz and then land on a dirt runway in the middle of the jungle, all of which was done with all passengers having a full view of the cockpit and the pilots! But we survived and had a pretty smooth journey (it certainly beat the 18-24 hours bus alternative). After a ve...

Unfortunately our bus from Potosi was running on time (almost unheard of in Bolivia) and so we arrived in La Paz at about 5 in the morning, tired and confused. Luckily we had booked into a little guesthouse who had a room ready for us and were happy to let all four of us crash on a double bed until the other room was ready! After a few hours much needed sleep we set off to explore the city, easier than it sounds when all the streets are incredibly steep and yo...

After all the excitment and exhertion of the Salt Flats we headed North with Jim and Si, to Sucre, the judicial capital of Bolivia. The rest of the group had decided to travel the night before, despite being warned of the potentially slow, bone rattling journey. After meeting up with them again in Sucre our decision to wait an extra day paid off massively as we learnt four of them had to stand on the night bus as it was overbooked. Sucre proved to be a very b...

So after a brief stay in Chile, it was time to embark on our next adventure, a three day trip through the altiplano to the salt flats. First task for day one was to cross the border into Bolivia in the middle of nowhere, and then meet our drivers and jeeps that would be our home for the next 3 days. Somehow we managed to split the group into team UK (the two of us, Liz, Lauren, Si and Jim) and team UN (Anand from India, Claire from Ireland, Melissa from the US, D...