Yes, Bolivia...well, I was nervous about crossing over into Bolivia but it seems that it was for all the wrong reasons...so far, that is! We arrived in La Quiaca last Tuesday, the most northern town in Argentina and right on the border of Bolivia. We planned to spend the night and then cross the border by foot. We arrived by bus from Salta and I immediately thought: "What are we doing here?!" And I, not very brilliantly, decided to wait to use the bathroom at the bus station, once we arrived there, which was plenty chaotic enough to make me question my need to pee... The bathrooms smell like raw chicken-yum! And you get to pay for that lovely experience! It felt like we had already crossed over into Bolivia and not like Argentina at all.
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