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South America, part II: Bolivia

Richard Rosss
2006-04-03 12:30:09

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and a veggie mix! Pretty talented...at one stage I was reminist of the naked cheif!

April 10th

We started out at about 7ish and then at about 8.30ish we crashed. We got stuck in the mud. So we all started to dig out the truck and get the sand mats out. At about 12ish, we knew this was going to be a hard dig. We flagged down a Bolivan army truck which was passing - they tried to help, but failed...we had to pay them some diesel and dollars for their attempts! Then some folks got right under the truck and started to dig the mud/clay out. Then this guy arrived with his tractor and some wood to help us. We all gave then, exhausted and waited...He pulled us out slowly, but after 10 hrs there we were free. We rode to the nearest town in the back of the tractor. Seemingly this guy owned a hotel as well, so we ended up staying there. I wonder he sets these traps, as not only did he get money for helping us out but we stayed in his place. We were all exhausted and filthy - we were glad to have a hot shower!

April 11th

We headed onto the salt plains. Salar De Uyuni is the biggest salt plain in the word, it is amazing. Huge Salt islands and a thick crust of salt in some crazy patterns. We picked up a local guy who was going to guide us at the gate, he left his bike in the back with us. Then we went off the main route as this guy know a path, then we crashed! There was a few injuries after that, Nicole flew into the bike/ Richard flew into the front of the truck and I landed on Neil and the hard bolied eggs landed on me. I have several cuts and bruises - we sent Nicole to hospial to see if anything was broken The truck is stuck there. We started to dig and collect rocks from the nearby island. Its weird there there is even a shoreline and water marks, where the tide has gone in and out. It looks like it was a sea still there, even though it has all dired up. ...