Mike here, about time I contributed to the blog (I think Gemma and Guinny would agree). So since our last posting we´ve made our way up from the Salar de Uyuni salt flats through to the silver mining town of Potosi and across to La Paz. Southern Bolivia was pretty incredible as Gemma described. The flatness, dryness and emptyness of the landscapes was mind-blowing. Amazing to visit but can´t imagine living in a place so completely lacking in fresh water or an...

Mike here, about time I contributed to the blog (I think Gemma and Guinny would agree). So since our last posting we´ve made our way up from the Salar de Uyuni salt flats through to the silver mining town of Potosi and across to La Paz. Southern Bolivia was pretty incredible as Gemma described. The flatness, dryness and emptyness of the landscapes was mind-blowing. Amazing to visit but can´t imagine living in a place so completely lacking in fresh water or an...

Buenos noches amigos (it´s 11pm here!) Gemma again, yes Mike is noticeably absent from the blogging isn´t he? We are currently in Potosi, Bolivia so I´ll fill you in on everything between Pumamarca, Argentina to Uyuni, Bolivia where we finished our salt flats trip. We crossed the border from Argentina to Chile on the 6th which involved clambering in a bus up to 4000m over the Andes which gave us great views of the mountain deserts broken up only by tussock-l...