Gustavo the lorry driver

In Jama as a precaution we asked Gustavo, who looks suspiciously like the late James Beluschi if he would drop 16 litres of water for us 80km down the road. He said he would and we were reassured by the way in which he diligently wrote the kilometres down on his odometer. However we never found the water. Perhaps Gustavo, or the Vicunas, got very thirsty and drank it all (we carried 10 litres of water anyway so it turned out we didn´t need the extra water anyway).

Salta, Argentina to Uyuni, Bolivia

July 8th 2006
"His cheeks were red, roughned by the wind, which for ten long hours had massaged his cheeks. Drops of water trickled from his hair. He had emerged from the night like a sewer-worker coming up out of his manhole, with his heavy boots, his leather jacket, and his forehead-plastered hair, blinking like an owl." (Southern Mail by Antone de Saint-Exupery) Felt a bit like this yesterday when Alain an ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Uyuni

Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more

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