A quick catch up post as I’m falling behind on our progress through wonderful South America.

On the way to Uyuni we had an overnight stop in Oruro. Look at this hotel we stayed in. ‘The Royal Blue’ hotel.

The bedroom was just as spectacular.

Do you like the careful artistic positioning of the ‘hats’ on the bed for the photo? I’m just a waterfall of ideas.

Have you ever stayed in a more garishly colourful hotel? I think not! Please don’t show these photographs to your partner or they will be saying ‘why don’t you take me to colourful hotels like Clif takes Susan’.

We checked in and went out for a walk, coming across a parade in town that appeared to be representing the indigenous tribes of Bolivia.

In Medellin, I posted a video of some young people and their rap music. I appreciate such music is not to everyone’s taste and so, to cater for older folk and even the balance, here’s something right down your street – big band music just like the Glenn Miller Band. Diversity is my middle name. Please enjoy.

Now it was great day but there was a bit of a downside at the end. The photos below shows our dinner that night – we shared a polystyrene box of chips.

You see all the local restaurants appeared to specialise in chicken and chips. We couldn’t see anything else on offer and the cooked chicken sat in glass cases in the hot afternoon sun. We had a long day on the bike the following day so we took the safe option and passed on the chicken. The chips looked nice.

Unfortunately, as I’ve mentioned previously their potatoes are not like the soft fluffy things in the UK. They can be rough and tough and these tatties were obviously tough enough to be in the Bolivian marine core.

Oh, and next morning I had a dodgy tummy – when you’re trying to be so careful, life can bite you in the ass. C’est la vie as we say in South America.

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