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Published: February 17th 2008
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Villazon
Mesto na hranici We crossed the Argentinian - Bolivian border by walk very early in the morning. There is just a bridge across the river and the control offices on the each side of it. There were no problems and bolivian officer was very kind to us. Here started our Bolivian part of the trip. We enjoyed it very much. Bolivia is very different country. We were worried how it will be. But it was not necessary. Everybody is selling something and offering it to you here. They are shouting the names of destinations at the bus stations and from buses - because not everybody knows to read here. The toilets are very basic at lot of places - water is in big barrels and you need to use a bucket to splash the toilet. Lots of roads is just gravel and it is an experience to travel by bus on them. There is lots of dogs everywhere. And it is very cheap here. The food we tried was very nice and we did not have the stomach problems 😊
So we took bus to Tupiza from the border. That was an experience - the gravel road, beautiful country, dry red mountains, lots of
cactuses. We stayed 2 days there to addopt little bit to the altitude. We took a horse riding tour to enjoy that beautiful country over there. That was fun - for the first time on a horse 😊
And we bought 4 day trip to the Salar de Uyuni from there. It is rainy season now, so it will be little bit different than normal. Hopefully we will have no problems on the way.
Anyway, the altitude is all right by now. No problems, just a little bit lack of air when walking fast 😊
Bolivia je uplne ina. Ale po poriadku.
Z Argentiny do Bolivie ide most. Na jednej strane je jedno mestecko a na druhej strane druhe. Do Bolivie som sa velmi bal, lebo od ostatnych cestovatelov sme boli neustale pripravovani na to, ze Bolivia je ina, ze je to chudoba a ze sa tam kradne. Moja predstava bola taka, ze zatial co z Argentiny nas budu so spevom a mavanim bielymi vreckovkami vyprevadzat, na druhej strane budu Bolivijci na retaziach s cervenymi ocami a penou okolo ust cvakat zubami, kedy uz prideme a hned potom nas oholia tak, ako to dokaze len najmodernejsie laserove studio
v Bratislave. Ale po poriadku.
V Quince, co je argentinske mestecko vo vyske 3400 m.n.m. sme boli cca. o 5.00 rano, tam sme cakali do 6.30 a potom sme sa pomaly aj s domacimi pohli k colnici - mostu, ktoru otvarali o 7.00. Peciatka, prechod mosta a vypisanie tradicneho formulara na bolivijskej strane. Tu sme aj hned zmenili prachy (za dost horsi kurz 1:2.30) a uz sme vo Villazone - prvy dotyk s Boliviou. Nastastie tu nikto necvakal zubami, len tu bolo o dost viac pohybu ako v argentine - vsetci chodili s nosami (na "s" je makcen) plnymi tovaru, kazdy tu predava co moze a to patricne nahlas aj vykrikuje. Taktiez na stanici predajcovia listkov vykrikuju destinacie svojho autobusu a aj cas. Dlho mi nebolo jasne preco to robia, ale casom mi to doslo - asi 75 % zien je negramotnych a inak by sa asi nedostali na svoj autobus. Tak sme nasli svoje okienko, kupili sme si listok na 7.00 (v Bolivii je o 2 hodiny menej ako v Argentine), chvilu pockali - vyuzili sluzby miestneho WC a nasadli na bus do Tupizy. Inak k tomu WC sa musim este zastavit. Uz aj v argentine ma v Salte
zaskocilo, ked som vosiel na WC (suverenne - ved som ich uz nejakych par navstivil) a tam bolo kopec postavajucich chlapov, ktori na mna pozerali. Co je?? Na prvykrat ma to odradilo a vysiel som von, ze svoju potrebu vykonam neskor. No a tak to je aj tu v Bolivii. Vojdete na WC, tam prazdne pisoare, pripadne jeden obsadeny a kopec chlapikov stojacich okolo, pozerajucich vacsinou k vychodu - na mna. Postupne som sa to naucil aj ja 😊 a uz som nevytrcal z radu 😊. Ale nie - casom mi to tiez doslo - v tychto krajinach sa chodi viac na velku, nez na malu (dufam, ze vas to este zaujima - WC tema). Tu ceny nie su rozdelene na malu a velku a po zaplateni automaticky dostanete papier, s ktorym sa zaradite do radu cakajucich, zatial co pisoare zivaju prazdnotou. Uz len poviem, ze WC sa zalievaju nabratim vody do kybla zo suda a v nom sa aj niekde umyvaju ruky.
Tak dalej. Vacsina ciest v Bolivii je len ujazdena hlina a tak bola aj tato nasa prva, pocas ktorej sme okusili prave bolivijske cesty a aj to, co to robi s autobusom - niekedy vsetko lietalo aj
pol metra hore-dole, ale vacsinou len poriadne hrkotalo. Ale viezli sme sa velmi peknou krajinou, takou inou ako som zatial videl, taka stroha krasa, cervene kopce, kukuricne policka, potom sucha zem na nej kopec vysokych kaktusov kvitnucich velkymi bielymi kvetmi, ludia byvajuci v takych "jurtach" - postavene z tehal z nepalenej hliny zmesanej asi s nejakou slamou - sem tam ta hlina bola roztecena od dazda a take velmi pekne. No - urobilo to na mna dojem. Je tu vsetko asi 3x lacnejsie nez v Argentine, a skutocne chudoba, tak si musime davat pozor, aby nas niekto neokradol.
V Tupize (2955 m.n.m) sme si dali dve noci, nech sa trochu aklimatizujeme - jeden den sme si dali 3 hodiny vylet na konoch, pocas coho sme videli krasnu krajinu a dost nas boleli zadky (asi ako po dlhsej dobe prvy krat na bycikli) a ku koncu nam aj zacalo dost prsat, ale tie kone sa len vliekli a vliekli, aj sme na nich cmukali, ale nas mali na haku, lebo jednak sme cmukali zle a jednak ich pan a majitel sa vliekol tiez 😊 Tak sme zmokli. Ale bola to nasa taka prva "tura" na konoch a sa nam to velmi
pacilo a chvilu sme aj cvalali, ale asi len 2 sekundy pocas coho sme, kedze nepozname techniku nadvihovania sa na koni, nadskakovali asi ako vrece muky na voze po hrbolatej ceste 😊. Na nasledujuce 4 dni sme si zaplatili vylet na Altiplano (od 3500 - 5000 m.n.m.) a Salar de Uyuni - problem je, ze je uz obdobie dazdov, takze Salar (velka slana plocha) je momentalne pod 40 cm vody, no a ani ostatne cesty v altiplane na tom nie su ktovie ako - vsak operatori tury ponukaju, ale zase aby sme neskoncili niekde so zapadnutym dzipom. Ved uvidime.
Inak sme sa necitili nejako zle, zaludok bol uplne v poriadku aj ked sme chodili je to v pohode, len sme sa lahko zadychali uz pri trochu rychlejsej chodzi.
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