Time is flying and....since my last message...we passed 3 countries!
So here we are in Peru! Yes, Peru, you read it well, it was not really planned, but as we were in the north of Chili Arequipa was only supposed to be 7h away, and here we are now!
But I'll try to be more chronological. Before going to Bolivia we visited a very small village (Yave) in the north of Argentina. All houses were made of mud and it looked very gray and poor. Just don't know why all the guides recommended it, there was an old church... From there we went on to Bolivia, crossing the border on foot. As we had heard all kind of robbery stories about Bolivia and the border town of Villazon, we were quite stressed crossing, but it turned out to be ok. From Villazon we took a bus to Tupiza. The first impression of Bolivia was already very different from Argentina, you see mainly nativos and the women wear a funny round hat above two plaits (the typical picture of south americanguide books). The station was quite a mass with each agency screaming their destinations to find passengers (cannot get the Potosi, Potosi out of my head) and...everything being incredibly cheap.
In Tupiza we stayed at the youth hostel and went horse back riding (yes, me on a horse...) for a whole day to discover the surroundings: beautiful mountains, quebradas, goats...but also very very hot...
Next day we travelled on to Uyuni, and that was really an adventure!
It was the first time I really feared for my life as the overloaded, don't want to know how old bus rocketed along deep canyons on unpaved roads. After 5 hours we hoped to be there, but were put in another overloaded jeep (15 people in one jeep is possible, never knew that..) for another dusty 3 hours. Luckily we arrived safely in Uyuni.
Have to go now, next time more...