La Paz, Bolivia... again

Hello all,

Hope that you´re enjoying the run up to Christmas! It is very difficult to remember about it here, however we haven´t forgotten - yet.

We managed to have a good night out in Rurrenabaque, despite it being hot and muggy. Met a couple of English guys who were good company (although their idea of compliments is very different to mine!) Also met 2 Australian guys who told us about being in a truck accident in Bolivia, which was horrid to hear. Don´t think anyone died luckily, although they were held hostage for a while by the military down there, sounded really bad!

We luckily managed to get the bus back to La Paz without any problems. The roads were open and dry - thankfully! As we did part of the World´s Most Dangerous Road at night time... quite scary when the bus was reversing round a corner on a road 3m wide with a 800m drop down the side without guard rails... should´ve done the journey drunk or taken sleeping tablets!

Checked back into Loki, saw the National Museum of Art, and ended up chilling out yesterday afternoon which was good as the bus journey had been 20 hours long. Met some fantastic Australians last night and had the weirdest time! Ended up having a seance to disperse bad spirits - basically a lot of rum and the altitude made for a giggling combination... eventually made it to bed though so all was good.

Hoping to work for Loki - starting sometime this week - for 2 weeks. Free accommodation, free breakfast and supper, and 40% off the final bill... far better than what we are paying at the moment! Also bought Christmas presents for a couple of our friends who are travelling alone and who won´t get anything on the day... saw some hideous dried out baby llamas (dead) in the witches market... horrible! We resisted buying them for anyone... Got each other a few bits and pieces too for a total of 3-4 quid, which isn´t bad. And signed up for the hostal Christmas dinner which I am very excited about.

Will write again soon,
Love from us all,
Alice xxx