While in San Pedro, Chile we booked ourselves a 3 day, 2 night toiur of the lakes and salt flats of the Bolivian altiplano. The tour began with a stop at the Bolivian border, a hut on a very high dusty plain. On the short journey from San pedro we had risen so fast that the temperature had plumetted. It was so cold and exposed, everyone was shivering in multiple layers, scarves, hats and gloves. After clearing the border, we stopped with some other tour groups at an abandoned hut for a coffee, dry bread and cheese breakfast. Yum. Here we changed vehicles, swapping our minibus for a Toyota Landcruiser. Our first driver, Xavier explained to us that we were going to a height of nearly 5000 metres and to expect some reaction to the altitude.
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