Santiago to La Paz


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August 13th 2007
Published: August 9th 2007
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Southern Chile Santiago After a long flight from Auckland we landed in Santiago, Chile. Fraser did not sleep at all on the plane, largely due to the fact that he had one of the largest men in the world in the seat next to him - his belly and arm were partly in Fraser's seat and his elbow was digging into his ribs. We think he should have paid for a couple of seats. Anyway, we negotiated a taxi f... Read Full Entry



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Getting betterGetting better
Getting better

Our ice skating form is improving
FlamingosFlamingos
Flamingos

Must have been cold as most of the lakes were frozen
Train to nowhereTrain to nowhere
Train to nowhere

Apparently to Argentina
Salt hotelSalt hotel
Salt hotel

Tables, chairs and bar made from salt
Isla PescadoIsla Pescado
Isla Pescado

Cactus island in the middle of the salt flats
GiantGiant
Giant

Andy crushing a truck
ClimbingClimbing
Climbing

Fraser climbing a giant drinks bottle
Stop snoringStop snoring
Stop snoring

Exacting some revenge
Nice patternsNice patterns
Nice patterns

Immense amounts of salt
TeamTeam
Team

The 4 of us with our driver
The BurginsThe Burgins
The Burgins

Ruth holding up a squashed Marie
TrampolineTrampoline
Trampoline

Go Ruth, higher
JumpJump
Jump

In the words of Van Halen
Salt processingSalt processing
Salt processing

Think they have supplies for a while
Train cemetaryTrain cemetary
Train cemetary

Lots of the old trains are at the edge of the flats in a kind of shrine
Uyuni Uyuni
Uyuni

Glad there was a market on or would have been pretty bored
La Paz transportLa Paz transport
La Paz transport

Hanging onto vehicles
La Paz protest marchLa Paz protest march
La Paz protest march

Around 1 million people protesting
Hard RockHard Rock
Hard Rock

At Hard Rock in La Paz
La Paz ClubLa Paz Club
La Paz Club

Enojying a drink with Lenny, Leike and Stefan



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