Tuesday 1 September 2009

Uyuni to Chile then back to Argentina

Well what a trip it was, now we decided to spend one last day in San Pedro to recover, it was positivley warm compared to where we'd just been. Just a shame we had to say goodbye to al our friends on the trip. They got dropped off in Uyuni but we had a lift back with another driver in the evening. Now that was an experience aswell, He didnt quite crash but broke down twice but loved a bit of terrorvision so that was okay. We stayed in another place with no running water and had to get up at 4am which none of us where particualry chuffed about, but hey at least it got us closer to chile! At 4am i saw the morning star low in the east that was amazing, so many stars and no one about but me in for a few moments. was pretty cool. So then we set off, the jeep was frozen and we saw dawn over the desert before arriving just before sunrise at the hot springs. We had visited these on day one and i'd gone for a swim but not today, they were steaming much more because it was so cold! anyway arrived back in chile and the next day got a bus to Salta in Argentina!!! wahey!! it was WARM, there were TREES, and it was so european except with an amazing latin american twist. We stayed at hostel del centro, a really really cool place with a great owner and staff. It was centro aswell and the first night we soaked up the evening heat and had a meal outside on the square. The next day we chilled out and just spent time in town, we then went for a steak dinner, it was argentina after all. I ordered one steak which was grea and suze ordered mixed meat platter and her plate came with two teeny little sausages on it! It wasnt until 20mins later that the second plate came, then the third, then the fourth! It was crazy. The next day we went to the museum in salta where they had found more inca mummies.
These three children were really well preserved after being on top of a mountain for the last 1000years! Really wierd and spooky stuff but shows the impact of the Inca even this far south.

The next day i think suzes steak dinner got the better of her and she was ill for about another week. So she was confined to bed and i was left to roam salta on my own. Nothig much happened i just skethced a bit and explored a bit. Next stop was Mendoza.

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