Bolivia

We arrived in Bolivia over the weekend and we have been blown away by how beautiful this country and its people are.
The border crossing from Argentina was largely uneventful although the amount of activity at the border with Bolivian's carrying large quantities of goods back across the border literally on their backs. It was quite amazing to see.
We stayed for 2 night in the town of Topiza in a great hotel and went on a triathlon tour for the free day we had there. We are so glad we did - the morning was spent in the Northern and Southern parts of the town as we explored the magnificent red rock formations that surround Topiza. After a great local lunch of tomales we then took the jeeps to 3800m and rode mountain bikes downhill for about an hour on some crazily winding roads - it was a great experience. We then took a 2 hour ride on horses through the canyons as dusk came in.
It's pretty cold here during the evenings due to the high altitude and the change from the heat of the day can come upon you pretty quickly. Neither of us have suffered much from altitude sickness although we have been drinking litres of water every day.
We travlelled from Topiza to Uyuni today through some amazing mountains and desert plains - we even stopped to help dig a truck out of a sandy river crossing and all felt extremely proud at being able to do so.
The people in Bolivia are much like Argentina and Brazil - really friendly and in Bolivia the locals still wear traditional dress every day - the woman wearing fantastic colours and bowler hats that are really cute.
We are here for 2 nights before travelling to Postina and then La Paz - we visit the salt flats tomorrow which will be a major highlight of the trip.
Bolivia is a beautiful country with amazing landscapes - we hope the photos do it justice.
p.s. photos are a bit hard to download at the Internet shops and now that we have reached almost 800 we may have to wait until back in NY or Europe before posting the best ones.