La Paz - Bolivia - 3,640m Markets, altitude and busy. We had heard a lot about La Paz not being the nicest of places so we were a bit apprehensive on arrival. The taxi journey from the airport to our hostel was spectacular, the airport is very high up in the hills so coming down and getting a whole view of La Paz...

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Sucre - Bolivia - 2810m Small, white and dinosaurs. Day 1: We arrived in Sucre at the very early hour of 5 o’clock in the morning. After neither of us had a good night sleep on the bus we were praying by the time we got to our hostel we would be able to check straight in and go to bed for a...

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Day 1: 16th October 2018 Laguna Blanca, Laguna Verde, Desierto de Dalí, Salar Chalviri y Polques, Geyser Sol de Mañana, Laguna Colorado Day 2: 17th October 2018 Abrol de Piedra, Lauguna Catal y Flora, Fauna, Cañon del Inca, San Augustín, Cañon de Sora, Julaca Day 3: 18th October 2018 Amanecer, Incahuasi, Museo de Sal, Colchani, Uyuni ...

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Dusty, hot and expensive Getting to San Pedro De Atacama we decided to fly from Santiago rather than taking the 27 hour bus. However, we at the time we were in Valparaíso meaning we had to get a 2 hour bus back to Santiago to then go to the airport.  Once we got to the airport it was about lunch time and we...

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Santiago and Valparaíso - Chile Colourful, cold and mountains. Although not the introduction we had planned to Chile, we had an excellent first day. A very early pickup from the hostel at 6:30 was not so pleasant but so worth it. We were headed to Cajón del Maipo, a canyon which houses little villages, volcanoes and El Yeso dam. The journey through the...

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