What I remember about Bolivia from 5 years ago (when I made a quick trip through while living in Argentina) is mostly the buses. Old, leaky, cramped, uncomfortable, really hot or reaalllly cold... Surprisingly Laura and I hadn't encountered any of this while traveling through Bolivia. Our trips had been mostly pleasant, well, up until Sucre that is.
So what happened from Sucre to Tupiza? What was supposed to be a 10 hour bus ride, turned out to be a 13 hour trip from hell. First of all, the seats were so small that we could feel the knees of the person behind us digging in our backs all night. We tried to ignore this and just fall asleep, but it was so cold that even with our blanket we couldnt's stop shivering. It was also raining (yes, in the bus). By the end of the trip our stuff that was on the floor was all wet. Not to mention, we were traveling down a dirt road (buMP bUMP
BUUUMMP!) However, our "favorite" part of night was probably the ONE bathroom-less rest stop that we made in the whole 13 hours. (Nope, no bathrooms here.) We did eventually doze off for a while to wake up around 4:30 a.m. and see that we weren't moving at all. Drifting between awakeness and sleep for the next 2.5 hours we wondered why we were parked somewhere. When the sun finally came up around 6:00 a.m. we could see the looooong line of buses and trucks stopped in the road because one bus had slid in the mud and blocked the entire path.
When we FINALLY made it to Tupiza, we made a mad dash for the bathroom; tried, cranky, but glad to have our feet on the ground.
So what happened from Sucre to Tupiza? What was supposed to be a 10 hour bus ride, turned out to be a 13 hour trip from hell. First of all, the seats were so small that we could feel the knees of the person behind us digging in our backs all night. We tried to ignore this and just fall asleep, but it was so cold that even with our blanket we couldnt's stop shivering. It was also raining (yes, in the bus). By the end of the trip our stuff that was on the floor was all wet. Not to mention, we were traveling down a dirt road (buMP bUMP 
BUUUMMP!) However, our "favorite" part of night was probably the ONE bathroom-less rest stop that we made in the whole 13 hours. (Nope, no bathrooms here.) We did eventually doze off for a while to wake up around 4:30 a.m. and see that we weren't moving at all. Drifting between awakeness and sleep for the next 2.5 hours we wondered why we were parked somewhere. When the sun finally came up around 6:00 a.m. we could see the looooong line of buses and trucks stopped in the road because one bus had slid in the mud and blocked the entire path.
When we FINALLY made it to Tupiza, we made a mad dash for the bathroom; tried, cranky, but glad to have our feet on the ground.
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