November 6th 2009  South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni
After leaving Sarah in Santiago Airport it was back to slumming it on my own around South America. Just my rucksack and a stomach full of red wine and steak. For two weeks, we had dined on some of the ... 10 photos [full story]

September 19th 2009  South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi
Like a lot of places in Bolivia Potosi starts with "The hightest ...... in the world". I dont really have much to say about Potosi, it's an old silver mining town that still has active silver mines ... [full story]

October 9th 2009  South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni
So, after a stomach twisting flight back from Rurrenabaque, we headed to a mining town called Oruru, from where we hoped to catch a train to Uyuni - the base for oganising tours to the Salt Flats. The ... 21 photos [full story]

October 31st 2009  South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi
Still a bit drowsy from the overnight bus from La Paz, I arrived in Uyuni on Wed 28/10, still undecided on whether to do a 1 or 3 day tour of the Salar de Uyuni, the world´s largest salt flat. Given ... [full story]

October 25th 2009  South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni
After a few days in Tupiza, some horseriding and more pizza eating, we headed off on a 3 day 2 night jeep tour of south west Bolivia. Its a well trodden route, every backpacker does it, and i now know ... [full story]

October 23rd 2009  South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Tupiza
Now i´ve of course read about Bolivia. Its renowned for being a hard place to travel around, or at least it used to, its renowned for coca leaf production and therefore keeping half of Europe and Amer ... [full story]

October 11th 2009  South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni
We woke up at 4:30am to get ready to leave around 5. We saw the lights of many other vehicles driving in the same direction as us taking their passengers to see the same sights as well. It looked like ... 7 photos [full story]

October 10th 2009  South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni
Dan woke up with a strong pain on his lower left side of his body at 4am this morning. Panadol Forte didn't help much as the pain kept coming in waves. So it was decided that after breakfast, our grou ... 7 photos [full story]

October 9th 2009  South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni
Glad to finally been able to have a sleep in, we rocked up to the office of Andys Salt Expeditions with great expectations for the tour that we had finally been able to book, since the strike in Uyuni ... 8 photos [full story]

October 18th 2009  South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni
This 4 day tour was a real experience. Far more driving around in a jeep than any of us expected, but it got nice and cosy in there with Huan Carlos our driver and guide and Mama our cook, the three o ... [full story]