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As the Sunday 24th was the fiesta of San Juan when I arrived on the Saturday evening there was lots of activity in the square, mostly involving children setting off fireworks, a little worrying as no safety precautions are taken and they were just going off all over the place. After I had found somewhere to stay I went to have dinner, glad to have escaped the cold at night at altitude. Coroico is only at 1700m and thought not that warm in the evening, a fleece was enough (which was nice after needing at least several layers in recent days) and I didn't need to sleep in thermals! On the Sunday I went to see the waterfalls just outside town. I had planned to walk but one of my guide books suggested it may not be safe alone so I went by mini bus transport that dropped off at the waterfall on its way to nearby villages. There were lovely views of the surrounding countryside on the way and the waterfall was pretty. In the afternoon I went to watch the England-Italy Euro 2012 Quarter Final, which ended up going to penalties and we lost L On Monday afternoon I went back to La Paz and as I had decided that I'd travel to meet my friend Anna in Calama (near San Pedro) via Arica in northern Chile I went to buy my bus ticket, ready for the bus at 6am on Tuesday! I arrived in Arica at about 2.30 and after buying my bus ticket for San Pedro I went to the same hostel as last time (Sunny Days). I had the afternoon and the next day (wed) there. I made use of the good wi-fi connection to finally upload some Bolivia photos (very quick!) and make some Skype phone calls. I also cooked which was nice as I didn't cook the whole time I was in Bolivia. It was nice to be warmer at night and back at sea level after a couple of months at altitude. Wednesday evening at 10pm I got the night bus to San Pedro, arriving at 9.30am the next day. As I already knew, the cama seats are comfortable and I slept ok, just not enough and not helped by the 4am bag search! We all had to get off the bus with all our bags and open them up, although they didn't really seem to be look very much inside them, why??!!
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