David was up at 4am to go on the Geysers tour to El Tatio with Andy and Carlee. Maria had been on the same tour when she was travelling in Chile 7 years ago and decided staying in bed was a better option because "Geysers won't change much". Once on the bus, it was a 90 minute drive up to the altiplano so it was an opportunity for a bit more sleep. It was still dark too so there was nothing to see out the window. The tour starts so early because there is a bette...

It was another late rise for us, we all had time on our hands so we never felt we needed to cram our itinerary into fewer days especially when it would mean 4am starts. After a leisurely breakfast, we drove 10 minutes to the Bolivian border post at Hito Cajon. The immigration office was a lonely hut in the middle of nowhere, there was not even roads here. It would have been easy enough to simply walk past but having exit stamps is pretty important even if you p...