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LA PAZ= CRAZY, WORLDS MOST......
POTOSI= MIND BOGGLING, WORLDS MOST....
SALT FLATS = STUNNING, PANORAMIC
SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA = EXPENSIVE!!
Apologies for the lack of updates, its been a hectic few weeks so im going to back track to the nine days in Bolivias capital, La Paz!
The original plan was to stay only a few days however due to sickness on both parts, meeting up with some new friends and making travel buddies we ended up their for nine days!!
the partying was incredible, and we had the most orignal st.patricks day, doing the illegal san pedro prison tour (read marching powder), and getting stuck their for 6 hours due to the press being outside and finding out about our presence, then getting chased down the street by a camera man!!
we also did the worlds mst dangerous road on mountain bikes which was phenominal!! only having two casultes, one guy with altitude sickness (we started off at 5000m going down to 3000m, cycing 64km), and another falling off the bike but luckily not off the side of the cliff!!
then we went to go see midget wrestling, where midgets and bolivian women got beaten up and men beat up other men with not just meat, but lungs and throat...very werd!!!!!
so we finally managed to leave la paz and managed our group of two turned to 11!!!!
we headed to the potosi silver mines, the most dangerous in the world!! which was hot, cramped and full of sulphur fumes and silica dust, and we even got to play with some dynamite!! wooop
we then headed out of the mining town to uyuni where we went to the extreme fun pub (the pictures will explain, even if slightly innappropriate!!) and then departed on our three day salt flat tour which was sooo cool, with some amazing pictures and wicked views!!!
and now we have ended up in chile, in san pedro. with a 23 hour bus ride to santiago, the capital and from there amy and i are going to head up to mendoza argentina, and then santiago!
trouble is money funds are low and we are in south americas second most expensive country (4quid breakfast, 50quid bus ride!!) uhoh, but its all fun, and we may not end up going to rio if we can change flights as we only have 2weeks left, if not then itl be a long old bus journey to catch our flight!!!
ciao
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