After struggling to get out of Tupiza we manager to bored an overnight bus to Potosí, famed for its mining of silver and being the highest city in the world. The coach journey was horrible, it stank and there was no room for my legs, however amazingly we managed to sleep for the majority of the journey. We got to Potosí at 6.30am and headed straight to our hostel which was awesome. We had our own ensuite with cable t.v for 6.50 not bad at all. What with the lux...

We caught the 6am bus to tupiza and freezed our butts off as its a really cranky old bus ( apprently Standard in Bolivia), however it only cost 4 pound for a 9 hour journey!!! Bargin! Tupiza is small but nice however its one of those places that has no cash machines and getting money is near impossible. So we were left without cash for two days and had to get a cash advance on the credit card ( we will defo feel the burn from the interest later!!). We signed up...

We ended up choosing a tour operator recommended in the lonely planets and paid 70,000 for the three day tour (that’s about 80 quid by the way!!!!) First day was an 8am start and we headed straight to the border where it was absolutely freezing, but luckily we had a nice breakfast waiting for us there!! We met our jeep driver who spoke limited English (i.e. “come on lets go”) and he had brought along his wife to cook our meals and their 7 month year old son...