Our dubious La Paz travel agent informed us that my longed for destination to the incredible Salt Flats of Uyuni, was not only a twelve-hour night bus to the destination but usually this is a full on four-day tour, four days that we don’t have spare. I looked at the distance on the Bolivian map, the salt flats were more south east of this country, possibly within spitting distance of Chile, basically bloody miles away. We arranged a one-day mega tour sandwiched between two twelve-hour night buses. The bus was luxury on the inside with full reclining positions, one complementary hot dinner and drinks. The standard Bruce Willis video made a nice change from Rambo 1-3 Demolition Man, Rocky 1-4. Around midnight I was getting very snugly in my reclining seat, tucked beneath my complementary blanket
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