Rio to New York in 6 Months

The bus journey from Santiago across the border into Salta, Argentina took a total of 27 hours (24 hours on a bus with a 3 hour stop in Mendoza) and is our longest journey so far and I tought it deserved a special mention because we went first class and got a seat that turned into a bed. Here is a picture of Kelly laying in the chair / bed !! Read the rest of this entry »

We finally arrived in Salta after our mammoth journey and it was a nice sunny day. We got off the bus and we were immediately bombarded by people offering us rooms in thier hotels / hostels so we took a few leaflets and sat down for a drink and a snack. Read the rest of this entry »

We crossed the border from Argentina into Bolivia and made our way to the train station so we could buy a ticket. We had heard that the roads in Bolivia are quite bad (only about 5% of them are paved or something) so did not want to get a bus. Read the rest of this entry »

While we were in Tupiza we booked a 4 day jeep tour to go and see the Uyuni salt flats. We have been looking forward to this part of the trip since we started planning it and we were not disappointed. Read the rest of this entry »

We got dropped to a placed called Uyuni after the salt flat trip. There was not much to do there so this post will be brief. Read the rest of this entry »

Since my last post we have not done anything really adventurous except explore a few more towns and cities. (and get lost a lot much to Kellys frustration at my map reading skills) After Uyuni we went to Potosi which is where most people go to do a tour of the silver mines. Read the rest of this entry »

We are now in La Paz which is the highest capital city in the world (4500 metres ASL). We had heard a lot of things about La Paz before we got here and not all of them were good. We have been pleasantly surprised as La Paz is a really nice city with a lot of character. Read the rest of this entry »

We have been in La Paz for 4 days now and it has been good fun. We are staying in an area that is full of market stalls selling every imaginable item. The stalls are everywhere and people are just walking in the road while cars and buses are trying to get past. Read the rest of this entry »

A couple of days after I wrote the last post on La Paz we had our camera stolen which was a bit of a pain. We were at a big festival in the city and there were crowds of people and someone grabbed it out of the camera bag and ran off. There were so many people pushing around us I had no chance of catching them.

Thank god that we backed up the memory card after the salt flat trip or we would have lost so many memories. We had to stay an extra day in La Paz to get a police report for the insurance and to buy a new camera. Luckily I managed to find the same model camera so it worked out ok.

Since it happened I have been watching the camera like a hawk and keeping my hand over the bag. This is the first time we have had anything stolen in any country we have been to over the years. It had to happen sometime I suppose. We couldn´t beat the odds forever !!

James

We finally left La Paz after nine days and headed for Copacabana and Lake Titicaca. We were looking forward to a bit of relaxation after La Paz. Copacabana is a little town on the edge of Lake Titicaca.

Lake Titicaca is the highest navigatable lake in the world at 3812 metres above sea level (12,536 Feet) and it has an surface area of 8372 sq/km. Read the rest of this entry »