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Minus 14 on Salar de Uyuni
We arrived into Uyuni, the town which most Bolivians refer to as the ‘extreme cold’ place of Bolivia. I wonder why ? We were about to find out, but find out in a good way. This part of Southwestern Bolivia has few roads or inhabitants and just a few scattered settlements here and there. For … Continue reading
Sucre, Bolivia
Sucre, Bolivia. What a beautiful city , set in a valley surrounded by low mountains, boasts numerous churches , museums, funky restaurants and old houses. All buildings in the center of the city are either whitewashed or painted white. It is also a city of scholars and when we arrived it had two more, as … Continue reading
Bolivia – for Starters!
Leaving Argentina might have been sad for us, but on the other hand it was exciting as we were entering a whole new wonderful country called Bolivia which is probably the highest and most isolated of the Latin American countries. The paper work at the border crossing was relatively easy, we got 30 days on … Continue reading
Salta Gaucho Festival
Well we are back on the road again, having said our good-byes to Martyn and Kate in Santiago ,but before we left Martyn very kindly helped us sort some new batteries for the truck. We headed to the Chilean/Argentina border but arrived just five minutes too late in the evening, as the border post had … Continue reading
Aconcagua National Park
After our great two weeks of helping on the Finca it was time to start moving again. It was a little strange not driving the mog for two weeks so our feet were getting itchy, places to go, places to see, oh so many of them here in South America. Aconcagua is one of the … Continue reading
Mendoza Wineries by Tandem!
We have crossed back into Argentina to meet with friends Phil and Angie whom we had previously spent some time with last year sampling beer, so this time we decided to sample WINE at some Mendoza wineries. We arranged to meet whilst they were still in Peru and we were in Southern Chile, so it’s … Continue reading