This is a very special entry, our (Steve's) strict blog rules have meant that we have tried to do an entry for every place we have spent a night. We got a night bus into Potosi, arriving Monday morning at 5am and took the bus from Potosi to Uyuni at 6.30pm the same day but in between we had a really interesting day which merits a blog entry.Potosi claims to be the highest city in the world and the only reason it is here is because of the Cerro Rico (Rich hill) wh...

We arrived in La Paz and our taxi driver took us to the Wild Rover Hostel, an Irish owned "party hostel" which had a bit of a student union feel about it. Not to be put off we had a couple of beers in the bar and Alison took part in what is probably the worst game of pool ever played at such altitude, La Paz is 4,000 m above sea level. We spent the next day wandering around the city before another night in the hostel bar with a few more drinks. On Frida...

Wow it`s cheap in Bolivia, wish we could stay here longer. Having arrived on Tuesday evening in Bolivia we decided not to press on to La Paz but instead decided to stay in Copacabana and take a day trip on Wednesday to Isla del Sol. Isla del Sol sits about an hour`s boat ride from Copa in Lake Titicaca and there are further Inca ruins on the island. It was on the island that the Inca`s believed the first Inca Ruler emerged from 'the scared rock` and so began the...

Arriving in Puno at 7pm, we knew we were leaving the next day so ummed and aahed about staying right by the bus station. Put off by the names though ´sweet love motel´etc, we thought we´d be better off in the centre. We were probablybut only just, a shabby little hotel that offered us two single beds, and a freezing nights sleep. Sufficient for us though and after beating Steve at chess, again, we had an early night, ready for our trip to the floating islands ...

We clearly can´t keep up with the youngsters anymore. After our long day visiting Machu Picchu, we took the late train to Ollytaytambo, planning to then get a 2 hour bus to Cusco, arriving at 2am. On arriving at Olly though, we took one look at each other´s bleary faces and realised the only place we were going was to the nearest bed we could find. Fortunately, catering for the flaky traveller was the spot we´d had lunch in the day before so we managed to get ...