With flights in South America being notoriously flaky, we were getting slightly nervous about our flight to Uyuni as we couldn’t check in online and had little (read ‘no’) luck contacting the airline. We decided to head to the airport early so we could work on a plan B if plan A wasn’t going ahead. … [Read more…]
We woke up early this morning to cycle the world’s most dangerous road. It was also Friday the 13th; Adrie wasn’t too pleased when I pointed this out to her… The road was so christened because it was estimated at least one person a day died in accidents on the notorious road. Cross markings on various spots … [Read more…]
On our first full day in La Paz we decided to join a walking tour of the city – something that came highly recommended by various people we met on our travels. Our meeting point for the tour was Plaza San Pedro and after a friendly introduction from our two guides and a quick meet … [Read more…]
Today was another travel day. We left our hotel just before 9am to get an 11am flight to Santa Cruz, then after a 4.5 hour stopover, another hour’s flight onto La Paz. While the flights weren’t too bad, travelling for over 10 hours is never pleasant – especially not when one of us has a … [Read more…]