After a whole month in Salta I finally had all of my replacement credit cards and was ready to continue travelling. As I had been delayed for so long it meant that I needed to do a massive trip from northern Argentina to northern Peru in one hit to be able to meet up with James in time for Easter in Mancora. I set off at 7am with the plan to cross the border and be in Calama, Chile in time for the last bus to Arica. I had left a four hour gap to allow for delays. Unluckily for me, each of the border crossings took a lot longer than expected and we pulled into town half an hour before the last bus, which would usually be fine expect it turned out that my bus
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