Even further south...Bolivia!

4am start to get to the airport for our 7.45am flight. The taxi was faster than expected so we had a while to wait in the tiny Arequipa airport. 

After much panicking that our flight would be delayed so we'd miss our next flight to la Paz and everything would go wrong our flight arrived on time and we made it to cusco fine. On the way we flew over a degassing active volcano which was pretty cool and many more impressive mountains. 

We were told we couldn't have and liquids or any food in our hand luggage so decided we would have to buy a bite to eat. However once through security there was no means of satisfying our hunger so by the reached la Paz we were rather peckish. 

The flight from Cusco to la Paz was on a tiny plane, just 12 rows and 4 across. 

Yet again we found the pickup service to be very unreliable so had to catch a random taxi to our hostel. On the way we took in breathtaking views across la Paz, the highest capital in the world. A sprawling city nestled between towering mountains. 

Once we had settled in to Arthy's Guesthouse' we head out in to the bustle of la Paz. 

The city is worlds away from Arequipa. It's so full of colour and very fast paced. We can't decide which place we prefer because they are just so different. 

We strolled through narrow streets lined with jam packed markets with yet more tempting colourful items and alpaca products. 

Popped into a shop to buy a banana as we were pretty ravenous by this point. Libby then did a sketch of San Francisco church from the busy square where we were offered numerous strange looking ice creams and items of clothing. 

For dinner we found a quirky little restaurant off one of the narrow streets; managed to pull Libby away from the steak and ale pie in the English pub. The walls were lined with all sorts of clocks, keys, mirrors etc. 

Here we tried llama steak and omelet washed down with lemon and banana juice (a slight miscommunication led to this strange concoction and we almost ended up with 2 steak and 2 omlettes!)

The llama was delicious, like beef but with a stronger taste and more close knit in texture. 

Having had a good full of great food we returned to Arthy's to organise our stuff for the salt flats trip starting tomorrow evening.