So we headed off from Oruro on what was to be abit of a mission. A 6am bus was to take us from Oruro, to Arica in Chile, which was to take around 9 hours or so. From there, we then decided to catch a taxi from Arica across the border to Tacna, Peru, making our stay in Chile a grand 5 hours or so, where we were to stay the night. From there, the next morning, we were going to catch another bus (5 hours or so) to Arequipa, Peru, where we could possibly relax for 24 hours or so. And it all pretty much worked out. The road from Oruro to Arica was sketchy in parts, as it wound down through the mountains to the sea. We saw one truck that had just flipped,
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