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December 29, 2004Day 82: CopacabanaI had to get up really early for the minibus, which came to pick me up at 7.30. Amazingly, it was there on time as well....Read this update December 28, 2004Day 81: SunburnAs you can tell from the previous entry, I was in a bit of a bad mood after the Tiwanaku debacle....Read this update December 26, 2004Day 80: TiwanakuI had to get up at 7 in the morning to go to the ruins of Tiwanaku, the first ruins I was about to see......Read this update December 25, 2004Day 79: Feliz NavidadI was wondering what La Paz would look like on Christmas day, so after listening to Tom Helsen for a while and having breakfast, I set out to see the city on Christmas day....Read this update Day 78: Christmas EveEverything hurts, which is as it should be. I have another laundry crisis on my hands, seeing that all my jumpers and long trousers are either splattered in mud or smelly, so I hope today remains sunny....Read this update Day 77: La Cumbre-YolosaIn my nearly thirty years of existence I have done a lot of stupid things. There are only a few of those stupid things I am proud of though, and today was one of them....Read this update December 23, 2004Day 76: Market mayhemAs expected, I woke up to the sounds of cars honking their horns, and people selling their wares. No cumbia, thank god. This was at 6.30. I managed to stick it out till eight, but then got up and joined...Read this update December 21, 2004Day 75: El AltoIt was all over before it began. One minute I'm talking to a chola who wants me to have a full lunch outside the airport in Sucre and the next I am panting from the walk to the baggage claim...Read this update Day 74: La Ciudad BlancaI had desayuno at the hotel, which consisted of rolls with either butter or guayaba (guava) marmelade, a treat I remember from my Havana days....Read this update December 20, 2004Day 73: TarabucoI got on the bus to Tarabuco, together with the entire foreign population in Sucre, it seemed....Read this update Day 72: SucreYesterday evening, when I left the internet cafe, the streets were nearly empty apart from some lone mothers with their children....Read this update December 18, 2004Still day 71: Casa de la MonedaI know it will sound cynical, but after visiting the police, I went shopping. I suppose I told myself at least I was helping the Bolivian economy......Read this update Day 71: Justice?This morning, I was awakened by the owner of the hotel who wanted me to come with her to the police. She had even dressed up for it....Read this update December 17, 2004Still day 70: Painful truthsI am a bit shaky. I went to check my finances and to put some of my Bolivian cash away in my folder, and found out 200 dollars was missing....Read this update Day 70: Envy of KingsI am rich Potosi The treasure of the world And the envy of kings (city's first coat of arms)...Read this update Day 69: Bolivian Bus experienceAnother day spent on the bus, but this, this was slightly different....Read this update December 16, 2004Day 68: More saltWe set off at eight, shaking out the salt of our sandals, and soon hit the vast white nothingness of the Salar de Uyuni....Read this update Day 67: Mummies and saltI slept really well, even though I had been warned that the altitude, the basic accomodation and the cold usually mean a rough night. The only time I woke up was when Alissa got out of the top of the...Read this update Day 66: Smelly lagunasThis morning, Claudio came to pick me up in the van, and we stopped to get Steve, a Brit from Manchester living in London....Read this update Still day 65: Finished book!I finally finished 'The Brothers Karamazov', which I started on the steps of the University of Havana, all that time ago. I left it for Patty the receptionist to practise her English......Read this update December 12, 2004Day 65: A hotel of one's ownIt turns out I am the only person staying at the casa, which did make me think of Patty, the receptionist, coming after me with a knife, Psycho-style....Read this update Day 64: Crossing the AndesMost of day 64 was spent sitting on a bus, from Salta, Argentina to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. But it's very unlike the route the K2 from Surbiton normally takes......Read this update December 09, 2004Day 63: Last day in ArgentinaTomorrow morning, I am hopping onto a bus for a 14 hour drive to San Pedro de Atacama, so I'm taking it easy today....Read this update Day 62: CafayateI had to get up at six and when I got down to breakfast, it consisted of crackers and cornflakes. Hmmm....Read this update Day 61: SaltaThe bus was very busy, but I managed to sleep in fits and starts. At about 8 in the morning, the countryside around Salta rolled into view, with green hills and huge cloud formations carrying more rain....Read this update Day 60: Che pilgrimageThe trip to Alta Gracia, where Che spend part of his childhood, turned out to be a bit less straightforward than I expected....Read this update December 06, 2004Day 59: Where is everybody?Well, as lively as Córdoba was on Saturday evening, as dead was it this Sunday morning....Read this update December 05, 2004Day 58: All by myselfIn the morning, I got up a bit later than planned and had a quick breakfast. I said my goodbyes to Dave, Clive, Jeff and Isabel (again) and Duncan and hopped into a taxi to the Terminal de Omnibus....Read this update December 04, 2004Day 57: Final JLA dayI woke up around seven, which was way too early, but managed to sleep until 11. I didn't really feel like going out and go sightseeing, so I went shopping instead....Read this update December 03, 2004Day 56: It's all about loveIt was hard to get out of bed as it was really comfy, but we were going on the Buenos Aires city tour, which was a bit pants, to be honest....Read this update Still day 55: Buenos AiresI read my book for a little in the hotel. Three days in Ushuaia is a little bit too long, even though I really enjoyed it. But it was time to leave the end of the world for something a...Read this update December 01, 2004Day 55: More moustachesToday, Heather and I had arranged to go horseriding, and there were two other people from Hungary, Danny and Lisa (which is not exactly right but close enough)....Read this update Day 54: Beagle ChannelI didn't get up until eleven, which is the first time on this trip! I walked around town and wrote some more postcards, and I had lunch in Bar de la Ezquina, which has huge sandwiches....Read this update Day 53: NP LapataiaMarcelo and Manolo came to pick us up at nine, and we drove to the national park surrounding Ushuaia....Read this update |
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