These weeks in Bolivia were absolutely delightful. I saw ones of the best landscapes of my globetrotter’s life. After Sucre, we stayed 3 days in Potosi. This town used to be one of the richest in South America thanks to the “Cerro Rico”, a hill loaded with silver. From there, we took a three days trip in Uyuni. The first day we drove through the 12000km2 salar: an endless sea of salt. It was absolutely amazing. The second day we saw lagunas peopled with flamingos. And the third days offered us a nice bath in a hot water laguna (after 3 days without showering).
Then we headed to La Paz, but shortly left to the Lake Titicaca, where we slept on a peaceful island called “Isla del Sol”. There we ate trout until exhaustion, accompanied with Bolivian wine.
Back in La Paz, we took a bus to Santa Cruz in order to catch our flight. And guess what? The very day of our trip, we read in the news paper that a bus, of the same company where we bought our tickets, had an accident on the same road that we will take, killing 33 people and injuring 20 others. Moreover after two hours of trip the customs stoped the bus and founded 400kgs of coca leaves in the bus. It is absolutely legal to carry coca in Bolivia but over 1kg you need a permit. Thanks god we arrived safely in Santa Cruz with 3 hours of delay.
After three sunny weeks in Bolivia I am back in Buenos Aires where it rains cats and dogs. But I joined my friend Pierre, and we should leave in the coming week to Uruguay.
I hope you are all doing well. Besos
2 comments:
politiquement comment vois-tu la bolivie après PINOCHET. l'économie du pays est-elle active. Quid des libertés?
Pinochet n'a heureusement pas sévi en Bolivie; en effet il fut le dictateur du Chili. En revanche, la province de Sante Fe réclame l'autonomie car elle en a marre d'envoyer à La Paz (qui redistribut les richesses du pays) sa prodcution qui equivaut a 70% de la richesse du pays. A vrai dire , ce n'est pas gagné!!!
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