Bolivia

Failing in the Salt Flats (Salar de Uyuni) and crossing to Ollague, Chile

Failing in the Salt Flats (Salar de Uyuni) and crossing to Ollague, Chile

After leaving La Paz mid-morning I arrived at a hot-springs hotel that had been suggested to me by Phillip (a German driving a Land Cruiser around S.A.) as a way to avoid staying in Oruro (a “shithole” in his words).   I didn’t spend the extra $25 to have a room with a private hotspring so [...]

Cusco, around Lake Titicaca, and on to La Paz, Bolivia

Cusco, around Lake Titicaca, and on to La Paz, Bolivia

After Machu Picchu we returned to Cusco for a night.   At the Norton’s (Rat) Pub on the plaza we met Micha, Igor who I met in Medellin and Chessi who I’d been riding with in Equador and Peru.  On Saturday morning we left Cusco driving out through the bedraggled end of city and into the [...]