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Published: June 17th 2008
Our ride...
This is only at 1,000m - doesn´t look that steep, eh?Arrived in Copiapo via a 5 hour bus ride in Premier Class - must be the comfiest bus ride ever.
Spent the night in a hotel and then got up next morning to book a tour of the salt plains and Laguna Verde (Green Lake). Driver spoke un poko english and we spoke even less spanish. We had full-on conversations without either of us having a clue what the other was on about.
So we went from 300m to 4,300m above sea level to look at this green pond. It was an amazing sight. A complete desert cropped with mountains and volcanoes and suddenly a enormous green oasis. We were lost for words.
We both felt a little altitude sickness and were glad to get back down to a full atmosphere. It was bloody freezing up there and we felt totally knackered if we did anything too strenuous like sneezing or blinking. Dunno how we´re going to get on in La Paz (it´s over 4,000m), might just fly straight out and not hang around. Either that or have plenty of coca leaves. Will probably send the sniffer dogs loco when we arrive back in Heathrow!!!
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Rosie Manson
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Salt Flat
Want some chips with your salt Jamie?