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Traffic on Pan-Americana Highway after huge explosion, I wrote before, was restored and I decided not to go through the head hunters (head shrinkers) territory. They probably have never seen a folding bicyclist and may have a temptation to shrink my head as a souvenir. Instead I started long bus ride to Lima, Peru. However, before I will continue let me finish with Ecuador.

Travel to South America (part II)

Alex Mumzhiu
2006-03-22 14:07:41

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did not start. We all were wet and dirty. In Siberian taiga, it is thick layer of old needles on the ground, so you do not get durty. I also was bitten by gigantic ant (myravei ystrashaushii). It was more paifull then wasp bite.

But anyhow jungles are great, and I want at go to jungle one day on my own.

Rurenabaque Bolivia
Dec 25 2002 4:30 pm

My plane to LaPaz should be at 6pm

MERRY CHRISTMAS AGAIN

Alex Mumzhiu

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from the small town of Uyuni sitting on the shore of Saler de Uyuni. But before you will continue to read it, take a look at the first picture in the attachment. Something wrong in this picture!!!

Cactuses do not grow on the shore of white polar sea. Right, it is not ice it is salt. Saler de Uyuni is huge 100x100 km salt field, 1-3 meter deep. Place with cactuses is the island in the middle of this salt field called ironically the Pescador Island. The close look at this salt sea is at the picture 2 in the attachment.

This is one of the wanders of the world, on my opinion. However, it is not well known. The reason is this: this place doesn,t have any tourist infrastructure. There are no 5 star hotels (no any stars), only very basic dormitory with "bathroom" outside. There are no roads appropriate for the comfortable tourist buses. This is why it is not advertised in glossy tourist booklets. This place is strictly for backpackers. So people who put their conveniences first, will never see it. Ironically the most picky are Russian tourists. They did not have any services for 70 years, so it is kind of exucible. However it is sometimes exceed all reasonable limits. I heart the opinion of Russian lady about Galapagos. She thinks it is not good because the service is not very good there!!! I myself, however, developed the way to handle these non adequate "restrooms". I did ...