To be honest I was a bit nervous about this tour, only because we were going to be driving into high altitude reaching nearly 5000 metres and there was potential for severe altitude sickness. But I boarded the bus anyway and drove to the Chile/Bolivian boarder were we met the 4x4 jeeps and went through immigration which was this tiny shack in the middle of nowhere. I was put in a jeep with 4 other solo travelling women from all over the world, Canada, France, England and of course me the Kiwi contingent. And of course our Boliviano driver Edgar. Little did I know how amazing the next 4 days would be. The other ladies knew quite a bit of spanish which was just so helpful! And Edgar was just awesome, singing and dancing and clapping
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