Day One – Salt, salt, and more salt as faras the eye can see Waiting for the tour of the Salt Flats to begin, I stood outside the tour agency and a young Englishman introduced himself and asked if I was on the tour. This is howI met Tom, who was finishing his Central to…

It really came as no surprise that Tarija would be the most relaxed and chilled out town in Bolivia. The miners in Potosi even commented that the most beautiful women in Bolivia are in Tarija. When you’re in the wine centre of a country people tend to be a little more happier than most, and…

Back in the mid 1500’s the Spanish discovered an absolute wealth of silver in the mountains that would eventually become Potosi. For a long time Potosi was the richest city in the entire world, the silver mines funding an expansive city filled with huge lavish houses for the colonial invaders, all the while the local…

Rain, Coffee, Rain, Pizza,Rain Somewhat groggy from the lack of sleep, I arrived in Santa Cruz in the wee hours of the morning. The bus terminal is 2kms from the city centre and since it was only 6am in the morning, I decided to walk the distance and embrace the fact I’d probably get lost…

The arrival in Cochabamba bus terminal reminded me of the airport in Cairo. There was sheer chaos, hundreds and hundreds of people swarming about the place with no less than two dozen different bus companies offering rides to all parts of Bolivia. Eventually I escaped the throng of bodies and emerged into the night with…

The entry into La Paz is something to behold. When you first come into the city it’s like any outskirts of a South American capital – dirty and full of chaos. You can’t help but wonder if the rest of the city is going to be the same. And for themost part, La Paz doesn’t…

Music and fashion are always the passion at the Copa! Well not quite, Copacabana in Bolivia is a small town sitting on the shores of Lake Titicaca. The main street that runs through the centre is full of tourist orientated cafés, markets selling trinkets and what seems an endless parade of travel agencies selling tickets…