Quito - Ecuador

Sucre Bolivia I leave Uryni a little later the day I arrived there and decide to head to Sucre; the capital city of Bolivia... though Bolivia has two... La Paz being the other! The sun is setting as I wait for my bus... and what a far cry from the Argentinian buses the Bolivian buses are; whilst the roads... well; are just dirt tracks! Given I am now about to endure a 12 hour journey on a battered bus on rough roads! The seats do recline a little; but mine fail...

Bolivia and the Salt Flats I leave Chile in a Jeep - a 4x4, huddled with 2 French couples, a British Russian and Alberto our Bolivian and trusted driver/guide... who does not speak a word of English! Commencing our 3 day tour of the Salt Flats, heading towards Uryni, Bolivia. Our journey begins; towards the Chilean border crossing... approx 1 minute from where we were picked up; but where we had to wait approximately an hour or so... much to the dismay of the ...

Chile... now that I have a passport... I can finally leave Argentina and cross borders... so I head to San Pedro de Atacama, which I am told is a good base for commencing the Salt Flats tour en route to Bolivia! This time, its a day bus, leaving early in the morning and arriving in the afternoon. Three hundred pesos At the bus ticket office prior to ay of departure, I am told I will have to pay 300pesos to leave Argentina.. as I did not have an entry stamp (a...

Salta.... I arrive in Salta after picking up an Emergency Passport in Buenos Aires. Picking up the passport was not that simple either, as the day I arrived to make the application, I find that they were closed for that day! But I manage to get seen and the following day pick it up and continue on my route through north Argentina. I arrive in Salta and notice a big procession of military type vehicles and police on the road where my hostel is located. I spot ...