Scandinavian invasion in Bolivia

Bolivia: poor on money, rich on nature!

The whole gang of 9 arrived in Bolivia 1. of february. Our group, the norwegians (Bjornar and Kristian) and the swede (Johana) decided to travel together, and we have done that since. James from England was also with us for some time, but leaved us in Tupiza, Bolivia. So we are the Scandinavian gang now.

Shortly after we arrived in Bolivia we took to the city of Tupiza. The trip from the border to this city was unbelievable... We drove in a bus, but we werent on a road. It was all dirt, no cement or anything. We were 200 km away from Salta, Argentina, and now we were in a country where the buildings were falling apart, no real infrastructure and the nature was much different. Another big impact is the altitude. The border city was 2500 m above sea level, so the altitude hit you. You lost your breathe walking down hill!!

When we were in tupiza we took a 4 day jeep trip through the southwest of Bolivia. This was the most beautiful nature I have ever seen in such a small area. We saw Lagunas, flamingos, llamas (we even ate llama meat), vulcanos, drove through deserts, slept in small villages of a population of 200 natives, bathed in hot springs, where the water was 35 celsius, saw geysers and we were at 5000m altitude. Simply amazing. We ended the jeep trip with the biggest attraction: Salar de Uyuni, the worlds biggest salt desert. There was just on problem: the desert was flodded, so we couldnt get out of the car.... So suddenly when we were out in the middle of this flodded desert our driver went out of the window and sat outside the door, while the car was driving. Soon afterwards we all joined, so we ll were leaning out of our windows. At last we sat on top of the car while tyhe car still was driving. All the other jeeps now didnt take pictures of the desert, but of us!

I am very sure Ive forgotten alot of things. I hope I soon can upload pictures, but the internet here is very slow...

Now we are in the world highest city: Potosi, which is 4200m above sea level. Today we were in the mines of the sacred mountain in this city, where there was silver for centuries, but now is very little left (google is your friend).

Soon we are going to Sucre, to see what adventures are hidden there!!!

Take care

Forza LAZIO!