Wendy We woke up to the news that our niece « Marie » had been born in Paris this morning! Congratulations Katia & Hervé! We look forward to meeting the new member of the family in four weeks in Ciron.  Which leads me to mention that we are officially half way through our trip. We have done … Lire la suite Jour 29 – 26 juillet / Day 29 – July 26

Wendy After another delicious breakfast, this time with perfect eggs, tomatoes and the blood sausage we bought in Yotala yesterday, June very kindly drove us to our next destination, the colonial city of Sucre where we checked into the beautiful and authentic Mi Pueblo Samary hotel.  We immediately walked up the steep hill to La … Lire la suite Jour 28 – 25 juillet / Day 28 – July 25

Wendy After one of the best night’s sleeps we’ve had all trip, we then had (by far) the best breakfast we’ve eaten in four weeks. June’s homemade bread, juice from a local fruit (tumbo), vegetable omelets, American pancakes and real coffee were the perfect start to a day by the pool! In the afternoon, June … Lire la suite Jour 27 – 24 juillet / Day 27 – July 24

Wendy After much debate about taking a Collectivo (local bus) to Potosi then trying to find a big enough taxi to take us on to our hotel outside of Sucre from there, we decided to hire a private car to take us all the way. A luxury, but well worth it because we had a … Lire la suite Jour 26 – 23 juillet / Day 26 – July 23

Wendy Today we were up and out by 5:30am in order to see the sun rise over the 10,000 square kilometers that comprise the Uyuni Salt Flats. As we arrived in the dark, Eddie turned off his headlights and drove by the light of the moon across the bright white expanse. It felt as if … Lire la suite Jour 25 – 22 juillet / Day 25 – July 22

Wendy July 21st As we drove towards Uyuni, today we visited several beautiful lakes, all differently colored from the diverse minerals and with James flamingos, the only one of the three indigenous species that does not migrate in the winter.  We then visited cool rock formations in Chiguana before arriving at our accomodation for the … Lire la suite Jour 24 – 21 juillet / Day 24 – July 21

Wendy One of the days we’ve been looking forward to is here… Our three day adventure with Cordillera Traveller taking us across the Chilean border into Bolivia and ending at the Uyuni salt flats.  The 7:45am pick-up by a run-down bus to take us to the border crossing seemed like an obvious start to this … Lire la suite Jour 23 – 20 juillet / Day 23 – July 20

Wendy After a night of continually waking and praying for Sam’s foot to be OK, the first order of the day was to bring Sam to the ‘hospital’. A nice guy saw Sam hopping along as we made our way to the medical center and gave us a lift. There, it seems like in any … Lire la suite Jour 22 – 19 juillet / Day 22 – July 19

Alexis Lever à 5:15 pour une 1/2 journée de tour (avec une agence à côté de l’hôtel) dans la région. Nous allons d’abord au lagunas miscanti mais à cause du gel (il faut dire que c’est l’hiver), nous ne pouvons pas aller plus loin pour découvrir le second lac. La vue est comme d’habitude incroyable … Lire la suite Jour 21 – 18 juillet / Day 21 – July 18

Alexis Aujourd’hui c’est ‘valle de la luna’ à bicyclette. Comme son nom l’indique, on a l’impression d’être sur la lune (Je me re mate le Melies en rentrant pour comparer), l’apesanteur en plus, et sûrement aussi la poussière que les voitures et cars nous font manger toute l’après-midi sans vergogne. Bon, ok on est pas … Lire la suite Jour 20 – 17 juillet / Day 20 – July 17