The Big Trip. Stephen, Laura, James and Sinead head for an epic adventure: 17 weeks in South America 8 weeks in New Zealand 2 weeks in Fiji 11 weeks in Australia 14 weeks in South East Asia.

Monkeys on the death road.

BOLIVIA | Sunday, 19 Jul 2009 | Views [1889]

We returned to La Paz from the jungle and decided to spend a few days chilling out. We checked back into the Wild Rover for four more nights of good food and drink. That Thursday myself and James done the Worlds Most Dangerous Road (WMDR) cycle. ... Read more >

Tags: bolivia, la paz, la sende verde, lake titicaca, worlds most dangerous road

Higher and higher....

BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 1 Jul 2009 | Views [1155]

After the awful bus trip from Uyuni we were all wrecked after our Salt Flats trip. We decided to spend a few days in Potosi which is the highest city in the world at 4060ft above sea level. The altitude at this level was a killer and just doing simple ... Read more >

Tags: bolivia, la paz, potosi, sucre

Tupiza to the Salta flats.

BOLIVIA | Friday, 19 Jun 2009 | Views [4070] | Comments [3]

After crossing from Bolivia at 7am we had a eight hour wait for the train to Tupiza. The Bolivian border town is a dirty, dusty and very basic town. The wait was long and cold; the food was bad and we were wrecked. We eventually got the train ... Read more >

Tags: bolivia, salt flats

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