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The Borderline

I know the last post ended with myself and Dom arriving in San Pedro de Atacama in Chile but I hope you’ll forgive me if we back track just slightly for this one. The journey across the Atacama had been one of the highlights that Dom had really looked forward…

A Rough 24 Hours

We left you on the dazzling salt flats of Bolivia last time and only half way through the first day of our trip from Uyuni to San Pedro de Atacama. After we’d had fun making our proportionally distorted photographs it was back to the jeeps and onwards to Isla Incahuasi…

Sand or Salt?

Salt flats here we come! Having had our welcome from Carlos we were split into groups of six ready to get in our jeeps. Along with myself, Dom, Helen and Kass we were joined by Pedro and Luis from Brazil. And it will come as no surprise to hear that…

Leaving La Paz

La Paz had been our base for the previous few days, the longest we’d stayed anywhere so far on our trip around South America. Having fitted in city tours, ancient ruins, catching up with friends, nice dinners, witches and aliens we were planning a quieter day. We’d so enjoyed the…

I’m not saying it’s aliens…but…it’s aliens!

The city tour of La Paz had been fascinating and tomorrow more excitement awaited us at Tiwanaku. However, this evening we were looking forward to catching up with a friend of a friend who spends his time between Bolivia and England. Danny had suggested we meet him in a wine…

Witches, Cable Cars and More

Our first day in La Paz would be spent with Stef, a local guide who would be showing us around the city including the famous Witches Market, the cable cars and the main square. As mentioned before, La Paz is at high altitude – in fact as a seat of…

Welcome to La Paz

The tranquillity of Lake Titicaca was now behind us and we were making our way ever closer to La Paz. The opening paragraphs in the La Paz section of the Lonely Planet certainly gave us food for thought and included little gems such as… “A mad carnival of jostling pedestrians,…

Goodbye Lake Titicaca

We’d got used to the ever changeable weather through the Andes now so it was no surprise that despite a fabulous sunset, the following day dawned with rain and clouds. The view over Lake Titicaca was still something to behold though. Thankfully my stomach was feeling much better and I…

Lake Titicaca Bolivian Style

The journey to the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca (and the Isla del Sol) was accomplished by bus. From Puno to Copacabana is a relatively short distance but getting through the land border is a different matter. There’s no sense of hurry or urgency, you simply have to suck up…

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