Salar de Uyuni

What better way to finish off our time in Bolivia with a trip to the famous salt plains. We had planned originally to go from Tupiza which everyone had recommended to us - and I believe still it is the better trip. However it was cheaper to go from Uyuni so in the end we went for the cheapscate option.

We still had a fab time though. Heading to Uyuni by public bus from Potosi took about four hours. We had been told Uyuni was a nothing town (a bit of a dump) and were not let down on arrival. Even though we had arrived late in the night we decided to get on a tour the next morning rather than stay in the town.

Bolivia in a nutshell

Ok so we realise it has been a little while since we last posted. Sorry. This is due mainly to travelling through Bolivia where the WiFi was not great, not to mention the fact that we jumped through a number of cities in the space of a week-and-a-half.

With Mike´s ankle, Bolivia was always going to be somewhat limited to us. Unfortunately we had to miss out the infamous death road in La Paz and we also skipped a trip to the jungle as we didn´t think it was the best way for Mike´s leg to heal.

Instead we headed to the cities, La Paz, Sucre and Potosi. Here is an account of our whirlwind tour.

La Paz

To say La Paz was a bit of a challenge was putting it midly. Set on a hill it made navigating the city with crutches somewhat difficult. We did, however manage to get around a bit and spent lots of time at the witches market. The market, if you haven´t been is a mixture of artesan shops with locals trying to sell tourists the traditional alpaca and lama wares, alongside  a few ´witchy stores´- basically made up of thousands of bottles of locally made potions, with a few dead baby lamas chucked in for good measure (apparently it is a good luck charm of sorts!)