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Både jag och Tim mådde lite dåligt när vi vaknade denna morgon: ont i huvudet och väldigt trötta. Vi insåg senare att vi fått en liten släng av höjdsjuka, men det skulle ganska fort gå över. Bilen kom och hämtade upp oss. En fyrhjulsdriven Toyota med 7 säten. Vi var inte säkra på att vi skulle bli fler än oss 4 (vi + ett franskt par som bodde på samma hostel) men det kom också med ett par från Colombia. Totalt 6 personer på turen, alltså.
Tågkyrkogården.
The train cemetery.
Vi stannade först till vid en tågkyrkogård. Jag orkade inte gå ut dock för jag mådde ganska dåligt vid detta laget. Drack vatten, käkade kokablad och fick en Sorochi från tjejen från Colombia. Efter en timme var jag helt återställd.
Vi åkte ut mot saltöknen - som är världens största. 10 582 kvadratkilometer. Vi hade ju redan sett en saltöken i Salta, Argentina (Salinas grandes) men denna var av en helt annan kaliber. Salt så långt ögat kan nå åt vilket håll du än tittade åt.
Vi åkte vidare mot vulkanen. Där var det vatten och en såå fin solnedgång. Vi tog en del kort och sedan åkte vi till boendet. Väl där fick vi veta att värmaren vi hade blivit lovade inte fanns. Så många saker på denna resa som bolaget sagt vi skulle fått eller fått göra men som vi inte fått. Tråkigt. Vi fick i alla fall en god middag, alla utom trötta jag kollade på stjärnhimlen och sedan gick vi och la oss tidigt för kl 10 stängdes all el av.
Right now when I'm posting this we spend our last day in Rio de Janeiro and tonight the plane takes off and after one stopover in London we're arriving late Thursday evening to Stockholm. The last few days have gone by very fast I think, but isn't it always so?
Talking about time running fast - it doesn't feel like it was so long ago we were in the salt desert in Bolivia but it's actually a few weeks ago. That said keeping up with the speed in this blog was a much bigger challenge than I thought. Luckily for me, I take notes every day so I can tell you about it later. When we were in Bolivia, we booked a four-day trip to the salt desert and here are parts of my notes from day 1:
DAY 1
Both Tim and I felt a little bit bad when we woke up this morning: headache and very tired. We later realized that we had a little bit of an altitude sickness, but we felt better very quickly. The car came and picked us up. A 4WD Toyota with 7 seats. We were not sure if there would be more than us 4 (me and Tim + a French couple living in the same hostel) but the agancy also booked a couple from Colombia. A total of 6 people on the trip, that is.
We first stopped at a train cemetery. I couldn't go out though because I felt pretty bad at this time. I drank al lot of water, chewed coca leaves and got a Sorochi from the girl from Colombia. After an hour I was completely restored.
Next stop was the salt desert - which is the world's largest. 10 582 square kilometers (4,086 square miles). We had already seen a salt desert in Salta, Argentina (Salinas grandes) but this was of a completely different level. Salt as far as the eye can see whichever direction you looked.
We stopped by several places for photos. At one place we also got lunch. It was very good lunch actually, rice, egg, vegetables, bananas, some kind of meat for those who wanted (I chose vegetarian diet on this trip).
We went on to the volcano. There it was some small lake and we watched a nice sunset. We snapped some more photos and then went to the accommodation. Once we got there we were told that the heater we had promised to get was not there. So many things on this trip that the company said we would have received or do but it didn't end up that way in the end. Sad. At least we got a nice dinner, everyone except me watched the night sky and then we all went to bed early because 10pm the electricity was shut down.
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