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After La Paz we took an overnight bus to spend a few days in Sucre, followed by a short bus trip to Potosi for a couple of days (which included a ride on the top of a truck as we discovered the bus driver was drunk!). We then headed further south to a hot & dusty little town called Tupiza.
From Tupiza we headed off on a 4 day jeep tour through the south-west of Bolivia, joined by Romey (a German guy mysteriously known as Dr Black), his partner Fenmei (a Thaiwanese lady who is an Opera singer), Juan Carlos (our driver/guide) and his wife Esperanza (who was the cook). We spent the four days driving through amazing landscapes (though de had her nose burried in a trashy novel for most of it!), stopping at small villages (where the local kids swarmed around us like flies to see digital photo´s, but de distracted them by playing hopscotch with them), seeing colourful lakes filled with flamingo´s, climbing over incredible rock formations, sleeping in a hotel made of salt (even the beds, tables & chairs were made of salt), and finishing off with a drive across the incredible Salar de Uyuni (expansive white salt flats where you can take some pretty cool photo´s). It really was an incredible journey.
As it was nearing the end of our 30 day visa (and the temptation of yummy red wine was too much to ignore), we then ventured over the border into Argentina. And we are loving it!!!! The people are lovely (oh, and the men are rather handsome!), the wine is delicious, the weather is fantastic, and the scenery is stunning.
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