After sleeping late, to recover from the nearly 24 hours on a bus, I was again able to start thinking about how I will spend the remaining 5 weeks in South America. I headed out …
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46. Chuquicamata and the Long Road South
I got up early in order to buy my bus ticket to the Chilean capital of Santiago. To my surprise I was able to pay for this with my credit card – I don’t think …
Continue reading45. Salar de Atacama – Salt Lake
Having seen a few local sights already, I felt no obligation to do anything on 26th January other than relax and recover from the gastroenteritis, or whatever it is that has been bothering me these …
Continue reading44. To San Pedro de Atacama
I’m definitely grateful for the fact that in Latin America the system with hotels is that you only pay when you leave. I hadn’t had the time or energy to look for somewhere to change …
Continue reading43. Into Chile
My intestines were in full rebellion on the morning of 23rd January so I had very little immediate enthusiasm for getting out of bed, let alone doing the trip to the famous nearby salt lake …
Continue reading42. Potosí and Uyuni
The hotel seemed deserted when I woke up. Eventually someone appeared and made me some breakfast, and I headed out. Being in Potosí, the main place of interest was the “silver hill” – Cerro Rico …
Continue reading41. The Market at Betanzos
After wandering down the road to have breakfast served by the same cheerful young lady as the previous evening, I explored the market. It was a great people-watching experience. There were no other travellers, and …
Continue reading40. To Betanzos
At the end of my evening in Sucre, I left the peña and walked back to the hotel, happily whistling some of the tunes that I had heard. Until now, my main experience of Andean …
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The night bus to Sucre wasn’t quite as plush as the one to Cochabamba, but then again it didn’t cost as much. After the film had finished (it was “Honey I Shrank the Kids“…) I …
Continue reading38. Cochabamba
The bus to Cochabamba was very good – I appeared to have booked myself on a luxury one. The video system worked well and there was an interesting film shown (it was about the Nazi …
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