After walking a month and a half came back.
not hang very quick post because I started laburar and study and really did not have time and how little time I will now.
But even if I'm posting the 2 emails I sent during the whole trip (yes just two, I logged 3 times in over a month, it seems incredible, my parents saw that I never thought I'd attached dead the least, because no signs of life. JA JAJA)
And while I will also see if posting a picture, but most I'm going to put in the msn space. MAIL
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Hello everyone. Friends, friends, relatives and others. I am writing from Uyuni, Bolivia.
The truth I'll make a general mail because I have to walk so long answering one by one, but hey, I tell them that here's everything great.
On 31 I spent with Mary in Salta Capital. Was great, fuck you arms Balcarce street, which is that of the pubs (for those who know Mar del Plata, was a wave Alem) and until 6 am, which was when we started our return trip, still street was packed. So many people had was a pedestrian forced!
The next day we visited the valley of San Lorenzo and after that we put together the backpacks and went to make train travel from the clouds in a 4x4. We went through San Antonio de los Cobres and then right to Salina Grande de Jujuy. The fact that this very well, but nothing comparable to the Salar de Uyuni. But bueh .. I do not want to overtake.
When we finished we went to Purmamarca saline and saw the hill of the 7 colors. Awesome. Here we stopped for the night, the town is magical. The truth is that until then had not joined us over time, but still stayed at a campsite where guitars and plenty of evening waves up like crazy!.
Then we went to Tilcara and stopped with people we met in Purmamarca. The good thing is that you usually always find people making the same journey as you, so one of two, or join the group or you go across all the time.
Pucara In Tilcara visit the Devil's Throat. Then I got into the cascade of "youth" or at least so say the villagers called. Despite some setbacks we travel. The shit is that we are not fueled Tilcara to hit the "hood rock", they say that when you give with a stick rumbles like a bell of truth. ero good, will not miss an opportunity to return. The night there was also very good. We sleep in a pigsty, pigpen really, that will remain as an anecdote insurance. The Dona Rita was half a block from the terminal and was a room where we throw sleeping bags, with a rickety wooden door. The floor had some blankets, to make it more comfortable. Tilcara
Since we took a bus to Humahuaca. The buses are re flights, departing 2 mangos and take you and bring it everywhere. We spent night there and we went to Iruya, a small town in the mountain is amazing. When we went there we got up for a pretty important that we continue to Potosi, but as I say, if all people are very copada and you're adding to cagarte of laughter and fun. Iruya
De Humahuaca we went back (because that town has no more input or output that jujuy routes) we scale some hours there and we went to La Quiaca. We wanted to get before you can buy train tickets to Uyuni, but lo and behold even though we arrived a day before it was sold out, so we did not have to buy ticket to go to Potosí micro direct (bueh.. Is a direct way of saying, because the buses here do not have a bathroom, are dairy and stop everywhere, and over the routes are not paved, so they are suffering enough travel! To top people bathe little or nothing so Sometimes the smell is foul insportabel. Still, all good, is part of the experience, ja ja ja). Villazón
The crossing was the most ridiculous thing you can ever have thought. As we arrived one day in advance what the passport stamp and other things we did the next day, so that Friday we arrived we went straight without showing papers!
Without showing anything and we do not even reviewed a whore bag. We requested document anywhere, or on the Argentine side and the Bolivian. A SHAME Gonzalito That night came, and went out to celebrate my birthday with all the people with whom we were traveling. The next day we woke up early and drove himself to half past 6 in the morning to the bridge crossing the border to do all the appropriate paperwork and we were lucky because after we got a lot of amazing people. We were the first in the queue. It also motivated us to get up early that we have to take the bus at 8 o'clock in the morning and if we were late so we lost, but bueh .. the good thing is we could all happen in rapid (hour and a half DELAY !!!!!)
De Villazón, which is a haven for smuggling, it took 10 hours to get to Potosí. There we visited the mines and hot springs. The two outputs, unbelievable. The baths were in the middle of the mountains with breathtaking scenery. So get in there warm and enjoy the view was mortal!
But what really struck me was knowing the mines inside, see the workers and breaking laburando back, and to be in, practically in the middle of a mountain is amazing. Besides we got into what they are 500 years of history of our continent. Dynamited an explosive (outside of the mine, obviously) and inside were listening to a lot of explosions. At one point it took us guide led us out of a place shitting because the smell of gunpowder coming was important. Not if they had detonated or were going to detonate something in the moment, but I grabbed cagacito the way to full redoubled. There
also met the guy in (the devil) protector of the miners, and we did the ritual that make the miners for the protection and good luck. In the city
met also mint and a couple of places. With other people who joined went to celebrate my birthday again (because one day he celebrated after 12 and the next day before the end of the day) and ended up in a karaoke singing and cheering the place. Point topped both the owner gave us 3 beers. Jaj aja, is not enlarged but the wave that reason we put all the people. Everything was very, very cool.
And that's how we started then to Uyuni, from where I am now writing the mail. Yesterday, with the contracted tour we visited the Salar. A salt desert 12 km square. It's the most impressive that may have ever seen. We met an inactive volcano on the shores of salt and salt saw the hotel, all built with blocks of salt, until the beds.
also visited the island of pezcado (called so by the way) and that typical food lunch here and a llama steak. COMI SII FLAME, unbelievable. Ja ja ja
Then we went back to the people and stayed in a hostel that had twin beds and a half, so last night we slept like kings, and we really needed because we were sleeping very little.
Within hours we train to Oruro. Here if we revived (or rather stoke me) and went to buy tickets early, so we get insurance. After follow Oruro La Paz, Copacabana (Lake Titicaca) and later Cuzco.
price is incredible to eat. We really do not cook ever since we left Salta. A full steak sandwich we ate for $ 1.25, and a meal for 7 in Iruya cost us 21 pesos (3 c / u with drinks included !!!!!!) And here in Bolivia also eat for very little, menu soup, starter, main course and dessert + drink for 15 or 20 bolivianos (or about 6 to 7 pesos, more or less)
With the theme of cellulose is a shit, because after-Villazón La Quiaca still I could not find a network to my phone, so I can not speak or receive messages or anything like that. Cunando again prove this in Oruro and La Paz that are cities large.
Sorry for the spelling errors but I write in a hurry and this keyboard sucks.
In short, we are going great and I'll write more to keep telling them where to walk and that's what we did in our lives.
But the truth, before I quit I have to say that this is really amazing
Greetings all
GUIDO PS: I hope I never have forgotten anything.
MAIL 2: (22/01)
Well, friends and family. After about 10 days or so I have to connect not willing to send the continuation of the previous mail to know how to follow our journey and we've had misadventures on the road.
Like, you know all this is a small sum, they want the story in great detail I have to invite a minced with beer sometime after my return (ja ja ja)
Anyway, I had stayed in Uyuni , Bolivia. That night we went by train to Oruro. The luxury train, heating, TV, bathroom (remember that the buses in Bolivia had no bathrooms, so this was a big surprise). In the 8 hours of travel is not even a minute I woke up. We slept like babies. The only bad thing was that we played the back seats of all, and could not recline (fuck!!) At the time to sit him suffer, but then we realized that fatigue was stronger and gave us the hint or when tower. What's more, all night, people told us that stayed up passed Les Miserables on TV, but we only saw the end when the train has already arrived in Oruro.
That city was just passing through, because we had been told that there was little to go, is there are the attractions of the Carnival (which is in February) and mines and baths. But a tour guide told us that if we had been in the Potosi mines and hot springs, those left to Oruro too rough, so we went to see what if we had recommended was the Church of Miners, The Tunnel. That church is really impressive because is built on a mine in which the Indians used to work at the time of conquest. It is as if the church was slashed at a time and the walls become the same mountain, and it is clear the hole leading to the mine, now a museum.
Well, after traveling a few hours Oruro went to the terminal and took a bus direct to La Paz. The time since we arrived in Oruro not help us all. There and in peace, intermittent rain all day, every day did not leave us in peace.
Once we got to the Bolivian capital, we met a lot of posters that warned of robberies and others. We take every possible and head towards the Plaza Murillo, the principal. There, after wandering for a while we found a good hostel (Torino) and we settled down to spend the first night there. We met a lot of people who had crossed on the trip and that just was staying there, so at night we eat together.
The next day we went to Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku Aymara language) the archaeological, religious and political of all this pre Inca culture. The entry
we broke the asshole, because this at a price of Euros more or less to all European tourists and Americans who come with dollars. But hey, since we were there, we knew that we would pay, offered some resistance, quilombo we speak, but we could not get any discount. Equal pay but resigned after the tour with the guide were more than satisfied.
In the afternoon we returned to the city and hired a tour for the next day. I think one of the best tours we did in the whole trip. A very early morning we got up and went to Chacaltaya, the highest ski resort in the world. Chacaltaya is a snowy hill (with eternal snow) which is located at 5300 m altitude above sea level. While we made the commute was getting the guide told us a little city tour and telling everyone what culture and traditions are concerned, and was throwing shit against ladris living in the area south. The thing is, the area south of La Paz are all gated communities with people of high twine is mostly politicians and businessmen. They get most of the wealth of the town, so almost no one wants them, especially those of indigenous descent, and that people of twine are all Creole (English born here) or foreign.
Anyway, back to Chacaltaya, when we could not believe it, began to snow as we descended the minibus and we got into the shelter. There were already people in there getting ready for skiing and snowboarding. Crazy, who would believe that in Bolivia we would be in the snow. Almost delirious.
Well, the issue was that reach the top are the last 100 meters on foot. We we fit our jackets and courage in the chest (and eggs in the throat, because the climb was on wet rocks quite slippery and snow) did the last 100 meters and touched the sky with your hands. Well maybe not heaven, but the clouds because you could not see anything down or sideways, we were surrounded by clouds everywhere. It took a while to reach the summit, because between the steepness and lack of air through the tall, looked like when you run homer.
When we got out we wanted to kill the little space that we had stepped on land where they were all covered with snow, so we had to groping down, treading carefully. The good news is that stepping on my sneakers snow is re banks, despite not having a shoe trekking wet I was not even a little mean, so now I have them all faith to do the Inca Trail with these shoes.
Now, if I told you before we suffer a little just because of having to climb after the descent had to suffer twice, as well as the stones were covered with snow, the way in which we had to lose The mountain also was covered with snow, and the mini ban that took us there was not a chain bitch on wheels.
Finally, after a couple of prayers and see that the driver had clear (or was quite unconscious) went down and we all became the heart to the chest.
In the afternoon we visited the valley of the moon and then we went to see the craft fairs, the witches market, a very strange place where all businesses sell things to make offerings to the Pacha Mama and llama fetuses and others clothing and a flea market that was very, very cheap. When you switch back to La Paz I buy all there.
Anyway, we started the next day trip to Copacabana, it's crazy how you get to that town, as there are little boats to cross in a passenger while the bus with all bags and backpacks crosses another raft and then follow the travel. Between mourning for all by getting wet rain and not knowing what would happen joraca with our stuff, because the boat did not seem very strong, we overcame the wait, we got back to the bus and arrived at Copacabana. As soon as we arrived we took a boat to the island of sun, a great place. The weather did not help much there either, as I said before, from Oruro, via La Paz and to Cusco, rain all the time, intermittent, with some sunrises.
sun on the island and we had to climb the Inca staircase, crazy, with large backpacks and all it took 4 min or so at a terrible pace, the truth re the steps were steep and we were up to the weight was killer. But once we get hostel was quite comforting, since we had a balcony with direct view of Lake Titicaca, amazing.
The next day, resigned from the rain we returned to Copacabana, while Gonza decided to stay an extra day on the island. Take this opportunity to tour the city and wanted to shoot us when we learned that buses had to stop Puno, Peru. There
blockers (pickets) in the path that does not reach the bus left, so we'd have to eat more days of thought in Copacabana, fortunately after all it was a false alarm because then {is one day normalized all the service and we take a trip to Peru without visiting the Yatiris in Copacabana, which will surely be for the return. The Yatiris are like the wise wizards of the Aymara culture, as in any culture are those who do the rituals, magic or Macumba (as they like to call them) so that people have luck, health, money, etc.
Well, with the scale in Puno we visited the Uros Islands, an indigenous people living on floating islands on Lake Titicaca and after that we started our journey way to Cusco, where I am writing this mail.
3 days ago and we are in Cusco and we hire and the Inca Trail and 25. It will be four days of pure push, sweat and exhaustion, but they say that when you get to Macchu Picchu all that disappears and can only joy.
Here in the city of Cusco, the navel of the world according to its original name, "Qosqo" buy the tourist ticket that includes admission to more than 15 places, visited several archaeological sites of the Inca culture, many museums and today we went to Sacred Valley, where there are ruins of the Inca culture. But like everything, sure it will be more that very small when we get to Machu Picchu.
Anyway, now I'm going to eat because it's late and took a lot to write all this. I hope
apologize for spelling errors and stuff, but I'm pretty burnt and tired.
Once again, I have no words to describe the trip. Have to live, but I can assure that is incredible.
I send a big hug to everyone and certainly we'll be seeing soon as the money is running out and you have to go back !!!!!
Well, anyway, I hope you never tire of reading mail as long
Greetings
GUIDO
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Peinsa I went back and start posting again, despite several months left neglected page.
Greetings to all.
