Today we travelled to Santiago, Chile, where we would leave our beloved South America! We had time in the afternoon to look round this huge, modern and lively city before setting off for the airport. Whilst sipping a fairwell cocktail in the Plaza de Armas, three young men performed a drum / dance which was very entertaining - see the video! We've absoloutley loved South America and feel vey sad to leave, but hopefully the rest of the world will be just as good! Adios South America! ... read more

After the disaster of missing our jeep at 6am to the border (must buy a new alarm clock!), we eventually got on a bus to take us to Tupiza at 9am. The bus was supposed to arrive at 4.30pm, giving us enough time to continue onto Villazon (border with Argentina) before it got dark. However! this is South American time. We arrived in Tupiza (2 hours from Villazon) at 9pm. Unfortunatley, we had no money on us and there were no ATM's that took visa! We started to panic a bit, as we didn't fancy sleeping on the street. After leaving yet another hostel which didn't accept payment with travellers cheque, we bumped into this amazing woman, who offered to give us 40 bolivianos so that we could get a place to stay, saying she hoped ... read more

Today was another very full day. We had a long journey to the first sight but it was definitely worth it. This was the Stone Tree. Nothing much needs to be said, as you can see from the picture; the amazing giant stone is exactly the shape of a tree! The next stop was the mountain of seven colours. This multicolored mountain was extremely beautiful but did not affect us as much as the Stone Tree. Many of the mountains around were equally beautiful. We saw many stunning lagoons today, each full of flamingos, which we never tired of seeing. The lagoons were surrounded in salty clay that was really stinky and stuck to your boots. It was a lot of fun to walk over though. We also drove over a mini salt lake, which the ... read more

The next stop on our agenda for Bolivia was Uyuni. This small, highly touristy town did not have much going for it other than the fact that it is the beginning point for the Salt Lake Tour, that we were desperate to do! We had a bit of a disaster in booking the tour. There are tour companies in Uyuni everywhere all frantic for you to sign with them and all offering pretty much the same thing. We were severely warned in our guide book to check a few out before you decide and to make sure no more than six people are booked on your tour. The tour lasts for a maximum of four days and you travel about by jeep. The driver/ guide plus cook would make more than six very uncomfortable. We followed ... read more

Today was quite a significant day for us as we were leaving Peru and entering Bolivia. We felt sad to leave Peru as it was the first stop on a travels and we have had such an amazing adventure there. Our bus was not direct to La Paz, the capital of Bolivia. We had to make a stop in Copacabana, which lay on the Bolivian boarder. There was some joyous singing from Dom as well as Bex, whatever he may say! We also shared our bus with about 30 nuns. Dom was itching to take a photo but thought it may be inappropriate…until..one very friendly nun whipped out the most enormous camcorder and started filming us! The journey was really amusing. At one point we had to cross part of Lake Titicaca on a speed boat. ... read more