Translation of hoax in Spanish

I hope you can understand the corrections this way... Two small errors. let me know if there is a word or sentence or phrase that you didn't understand! I will try to think more on the "since" question...
Well I take Spanish classes in college, that's the only useful language they offer, but if they had French I would be taking French. It sounds so nice. I have been lazy lately and I'm not really good at it.
The next day we decided to spend on the other side of the mountain range (antiplano), in Bolivia. We didn't have the courage to drive deep into Bolivia, as everyone told us about the bad infrastructure and condition there.