Still in Sucre..

We were hoping to go to Potosi today to continue our way through Bolivia, but unfortunately we have had to stay put due to a major road block.
The road block is being caused by the Miners, they are up in arms with the way the mines are managed and so have downed tools and stopping people from getting into Potosi (by bus)
This is a bit of a pain really as nobody knows how long it is going to last, everybody is waiting for the Bolivian Government to intervene, but apparently the Miners will only speak with The President himself, God only knows how long this will last.
We will give it another day or so before we start to consider our options.
On the plus side we have met a great couple from Manchester, Sarah and Andy.
We met at the hostal we are staying at, Matt recognised the Northern accent straight away, not something you hear a lot of in Sth America.
They are only travelling through Bolivia, I say only, it`s probably just as well as their mode of transport is a bicycle each!!
Fair play to them me and Matt say, we are meeting up with them tonight for a few beers and some food.
We did meet up last night but Andy was ill so went back early, we then got chatting to this Belgian guy who they had met earlier, he too is cycling, but he is doing the length of the continent, same as our trip but in reverse order.
He started in Argentina in January, and to date he has clocked up 7000 kilometres, he is thinking of going right up to Canada, through Central America and The States, again good luck to the guy.
He has previously cycled through Pakistan and China to name a few, he is an interesting guy with a lot to say for himself (I guess that comes with travelling alone!!)
So were having a pretty good time of it at the moment, we have being drinking more than our fair share of the local Bolivian wine, at 2.50GBP a bottle it`s rude not too!!
We have just come back from a local trip to see some dinasouar footprints, I can`t even begin to bore you with the details as there aren`t any, it was a waste of money.
It did pass a couple of hours though.
There are lots of markets here and we have been enjoying a daily fruitshake, cost something like 30p, that includes unlimited top ups :-)
It has being commented on that we (or should I say I) blog a lot, so that means you probably think we spend all day in internet cafes?
Well more often than not there is internet access at the hostal, and if there isn`t there are internet cafes everywhere so if we are in the towns/cities we can`t help but pop in.
Plus we like to keep up to date with the news, emails, researching our trip, booking hostals/tickets etc.
So that`s about it for today folks, hopefully the next time I/we blog we will be shivering in Potosi wishing we were back in sunny Sucre!!