Hotel de Turismo La Quiaca
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Almost a hiccup at the edge of Argentina
Here we are at the very edge of Argentina, fully acclimatised to the 3800m altitude, all set and ready to cross into Bolivia and further explore the Altiplano .... and what do you know, Patrick breaks out in hives. We think it was the pizza he ate yesterday but I guess we´ll never know for sure. They started last night and progressively spread over …
Provincia de Jujuy
Llegamos a La Quiaca, algo cansados y bien ansiosos; es Argentina, es la frontera más significativa para nosotros. Del otro lado del puente se podía ver a los oficiales de gendarmería. Hay gente pero poca y el trámite para retirar el vehículo de Bolivia hay que realizarlo en territorio argentino ya que en la frontera hay aduana integrada. Nos …
BOLIVIË: enkele weetjes
Wist je dat:
- Bolivië het armste land van Zuid-Amerika is, maar dat we hier de grootste en mooiste huizen zien?
- coca nog altijd heel erg ingeburgerd is, ook al is het sinds 1988 verboden?
- België (volgens het cocamuseum) jaarlijks 111 kg legale cocaïne produceert?
- ons WC-papier nog altijd in de vuilbak vliegt? Nu al onze excuses voor wie na ons kont in België.
- alle auto's hier nummerplaten hebben?
- Evo Morales ...
Border Town
A 7 hour bus ride and it goes from being bloody hot to freezing cold La Quiaca is around 2800m above sea level and our first high altitude point of many, you have to walk the border between La Quiaca and Villiazon, Bolivia so off we trekked to get our stamps . . .
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And over the border
... happier about tourists. I guess this is because a lot of their income here comes through tourism, where as Argentina is a lot more developed.
We sorted our train tickets from Villazon up to Uyuni, and had another day to waste (well, the train left at 15:30). There was quite a nice park area where we made another tag along dog friend, I think they follow us because we don't scare them away, but they don't really bother us, so we don't really care. The markets ...
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