SO thanks to poor planning and pure stupidity Nili and I missed our bus to La Paz. Rather than waiting around in Puno until the next day we decided it made more sense to spend the next 20 hours travelling to Iquique, Chile.
First thing I have noticed about Chile is that it is soooo much more expensive than Peru. While we paid around 12 soles (less than 4 dollars) a night in Peru for a private room with our own bathroom, we are currently paying 4500 pesos (around 9 dollars) for a dorm room with shared bathrooms. While this might not seem like a huge difference, and my dad thinks im a jerk for being so horrified by these prices, 5 dollars makes a huge difference in this part of the world. That said its actually nice being in a dorm because we have been forced to meet people. The new plan is to head with our new ¨friend¨jason to Bolivia to visit the Salar desert (a desert made entirely of salt). Happy Davey Jones?
ok thats it for now, heading to the beach
Nico
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Last night after I heard you had totally bypassed my beloved country entirely, I wept ... I couldn't sleep. For the thought of you missing out on possibly the most amazing, interesting country in all of sud america ... well, i couldn't live with the thought. Now as your trusty bolivian travel agent, I've booked a bus trip for you to Potosi, following your Salar trip. There, you'll visit the highest inhabited city in the world and take a tour of the mind-numbing active mines there. I PROMISE YOU, you will not be disappointed!!
HI! Suprisingly I dont know what to say today, But since you like a response to your posts....
Who is this Jason? Not sure I like this - in the future I will pay the difference for private rooms.
anyway, enjoy chile - are you meeting up with leonardo? and hopefully ditching jason? let us know.
so after all this time reading your blog, I totally don't know why you decided to spend 4 months in S. America! You're adventures are so exciting, but I am just curious:)
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