Uyuni to Sucre

We decided to risk the bus... 140B, Turismo 11 de Julio; no loo but did have wifi supposedly, though didn't work.
After finally managing to get money out, took the 11:30am bus to Potosi (4 hrs). The scenery was once again breathtaking - literally, at that altitude! Along windy roads through the mountains with the same coloured rocks as northern Argentina. An hour or so outside of Potosi it changed to green mountains - think typical Machu Picchu pics.

Just before we stopped we picked up a travelling salesman who gave the whole bus a 15 minute spiel about his new wonder cream made of coca and cat's claw which claims to cure anything it seems. I was impressed by his shirt, tie and yellow bomber jacket so for 10B we got a pot.

Potosi is a large mining town which is a popular stop for tourists but we didn't fancy a trip down an unstable mine watching poor miners suffer. It was much bigger than expected but looked pretty horrible and we're glad we didn't stay to break up the journey.

We leapt off the bus to use the loos. When we got back on, it was just us and another girl and we thought we had the bus to ourselves for the next leg but no we were dropped off at a petrol station then ferried across the road. I think we had missed the connecting bus or there weren't enough passengers so we were put on this skanky old thing with the most uncomfortable seats with the springs almost poking out of them - not really what you need when you're bum is already rather delicate!!

Still, the bus managed to get us to Sucre along the windy mountain roads by 7pm. We took a cab (10B) to Hostel Recoleta Sur (180B) which has carpets, is not freezing cold and has continuous hot water. And loo paper! Things are looking up!

We both felt rough but headed out for some food and ended up in a lovely locals place with wooden beams and had nachos and cannelloni to share, plus fresh oj which revived me nicely (100B).Read more