Blogs from Belén de Urmiri, Potosí Department, Bolivia, South America

After a few days in La Paz, I said goodbye to our travelling crowd from the past few weeks. Except for Steve and Theresa who were heading to Chile with me. Before setting off into the bowels of Bolivia, we thought we'd have a few days of luxury, indulgence and pampering. We found a glossy pamphlet advertising a luxury spa hotel in the hills. The rooms looked opulent and immaculate, and the whole place suggested comfort and relaxation. So we booked, looking forward to being treated like kings for a few days. Alarm bells started to gently ring when twelve of us were crammed into an ancient people carrier using a shoehorn. I wasn´t expecting a white stretch limo, but some level of comfort would have been nice. Anyway, several hours and one flat tyre later, ... read more