Catchup!

I’m back at long last, just this minute arrived in Sucre, beautiful capital of Bolivia, having travelled for three hours via public transport (bus - nearly boiled to death) from Potosi. We’ve been travelling non-stop since we left San Pedro de Atacama Iast Wednesday (12.08.09) in four wheel drive vehicles - which sounds much more glam than it actually is - having completed 900kms across: the biggest salt pan in the world (150 x 90kms); stayed in a hotel made of salt; nearly froze to death in a cave-dwelling type very basic Bolivian hotel (dungeon-like); suffered chronic altitude headache/gaspy breathing, (and masses of other ’huge’ stuff), and of course been denied access to any technology - there was never time for Internet cafes - apart from cameras of course, which are clicked incessantly (and sometimes annoyingly). Thankfully these are not huge, except for my room mate’s, which can only be used
occasionally due to he lack of time to stop for birds - he experienced a heart stopping speedy drive through Diademed Sandpiper-Plover habitat, which was something of a challenge.
If you want to check our whereabouts, at Hostal de Su Merced, Sucre (for two nights), visit www.desumerced.com