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After visiting the railroad graveyard we drove to Potosi. It is the highest city in the world and there is a huge silver mine were since the beginning of 1900 over two million people died. There were organised mine tours, but not on Sunday! We checked out some pictures in the travel agency, after that we thought we just have to watch the movie and safe our lungs and life. The movie, “der teufelsberg” in german, gives an impression of the life of a 12 year old boy that works in the mine for three years. It was worth watching. Potosi was once the richest city in south America, but the miners nowadays only earn 3-4 euro’s a day. The road to Potosi is very beautiful and paved. Everywhere you see colourful Bolivians and lama’s with ... read more

Winding down the road from Paso de San Fransisco to Fiambala was beautiful again. The scenery was constantly changing, different colours and rock formations. It was a ride into the past and the remains of how the earth was created could be witnessed around every corner. While cruising downhill for 250 km on paved road we saw no other cars! In Fiambala there was the first gas station in 500 km. From Fiambala we drove to Tinogasta, there we saw a short cut on our map. It seemed to be a nice ride trough the mountains to Londres, it was twice as short in km… We asked around in town for the shortcut, people responded the road was out of service, it was to dangerous, not accessible. We asked around more till we finally found someone ... read more

After the rafting trip in Futelefoeeee we crossed the border into Argentina. We visited the hippie village of El Bolson. We went to the Italian farm, it was supposed to be a hostel run by Italians. After arriving it turned out to be a Israeli kibbutz. It was very cosy, many people sitting together and singing, there was life music. We ate some vegetarian dishes and drank some beers. After dinner we left because it was to noisy to sleep there. Next day we went to Bariloche, a town with a big lake. We had a amazing apartment with Jacuzzi (2x2m) near the lake. We stayed a couple of days, to relax after the bumpy south Chile. The car got a big overhaul, new shock absorbers in the front, brakes in the back and new aluminium ... read more

After Eiris left, we slowly went travelling to the north again. After two months driving in one direction, to the south, it was a welcome change. Our first stop in San Juan brought us to a a large ship that was drifted on the shore. Then we headed for Puerto Natales, were Jura had her first decend vegetarian meal in weeks again. She was very happy, so we ate there three times a day. The car needed another round of attention after all the gravel in Terra del Fuego. We had to buy new shock absorbers. We now know all the repuestos in Puorto Natalesand the different shockabsorbers. They did not have the ones we needed, so we made them ourselves! We bought new ones and adapted them to our situation with old ones we bought ... read more