So, in Potosi there was a strike. Not an exciting strike, just a long, boring, dull, nothing-is-open-strike. So the buses weren't running either which meant the thermal baths just outside of Potosi were unaccesible. The strike was over by Tuesday which meant we were able to go down the mines. We'd heard that they were scary and dangerous but paid our money to go do them anyway! We bought gifts and things for the miners, got all dressed up in the mining gear (does my bum look big in it?) and then walked (more like crawled) 2km into this mountain. It went from 10 degrees max on the outside to probably about 35. It was haaaaaaaaawt! It was also very difficult, as Potosi is the highest city in the world (4090ms btw) so breathing in a hot, dusty mine was really crap!
From Potosi we went on to Sucre, the judicial capital of Bolivia. It's nicknamed 'la ciudad blanca' and you can totally see why. Every building in the centre is painted white and it's very pretty. Chilled out there and went to some museums and bars here. Had lunch one day at the highest point in Sucre so we could see the whole city. 
Then came my fave bus journey of every trip in Bolivia. The road from Sucre to Santa Cruz was closed so we had to go a different way. A 17hr, non paved road way. Funtimes! We arrived in Santa Cruz with very numb bums, found a hotel (ooo posh!) then went out and about. Went to a zoo here with a random sloth just wandering around and there was aslo a chocolate festival RIGHT OPPOSITE OUR HOTEL! Lucky us. It was lush :L
Travelling over, I came back to Cbba for a few nights for my family goodbye, the final volunteer bbq and a last visit to Casablanca.
Good flights back, better movies and am now home!
See you all at some point :)
A x
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