Wendy Today we were up and out by 5:30am in order to see the sun rise over the 10,000 square kilometers that comprise the Uyuni Salt Flats. As we arrived in the dark, Eddie turned off his headlights and drove by the light of the moon across the bright white expanse. It felt as if … Lire la suite Jour 25 – 22 juillet / Day 25 – July 22

Wendy July 21st As we drove towards Uyuni, today we visited several beautiful lakes, all differently colored from the diverse minerals and with James flamingos, the only one of the three indigenous species that does not migrate in the winter.  We then visited cool rock formations in Chiguana before arriving at our accomodation for the … Lire la suite Jour 24 – 21 juillet / Day 24 – July 21

Wendy One of the days we’ve been looking forward to is here… Our three day adventure with Cordillera Traveller taking us across the Chilean border into Bolivia and ending at the Uyuni salt flats.  The 7:45am pick-up by a run-down bus to take us to the border crossing seemed like an obvious start to this … Lire la suite Jour 23 – 20 juillet / Day 23 – July 20

Wendy After a night of continually waking and praying for Sam’s foot to be OK, the first order of the day was to bring Sam to the ‘hospital’. A nice guy saw Sam hopping along as we made our way to the medical center and gave us a lift. There, it seems like in any … Lire la suite Jour 22 – 19 juillet / Day 22 – July 19

Wendy I woke up in the middle of the night (just hours before the alarm was to ring) with a terrible stomach ache. Food poisoning? Stomach bug? Just what you want before a 12 hour bus ride! So needless to say that the trip from Salta, Argentina to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile was a … Lire la suite Jour 19 – 16 juillet / Day 19 – July 16

Wendy We woke up to a colder, grey day in  Salta. Not necessarily a bad thing as we had planned to take advantage of our hostel’s good internet connection to update the blog finally and get ourselves together for our long (12 hour to be specific) bus ride to Chile tomorrow at 7am.  The one … Lire la suite Jour 18 – 15 juillet / Day 18 – July 15

Sam On the 14th of July, we left Tilcara after breakfast being rushed by my Dad even though we had plenty of time and were in no hurry. He always seems to be rushed for no apparent reason. During our drive back down to Salta, we saw some more amazing scenery and after having missed … Lire la suite Jour 17 – 14 juillet / Day 17 – July 14

Sasha’s 13th birthday! Sasha  D’abord j’ai pu me reveiller tard… YES! Puis un bon début à ma belle journée… Un gâteau d’anniversaire pour le petit déjeuner! 😍🎂  Quelle merveille. Nous avons fait une grande marche au dessus de Tilcara qui était très très long et haut mais bon, très jolie donc elle valait le coup🏜 … Lire la suite Jour 16 – 13 juillet / Day 16 – July 13

Wendy Today we took advantage of being in Purmamarca. We took a walk on a mountain pass behind our hotel which had beautiful views. Alexis thought it would be fun to go off the path, which led us to scale down the side of a steep hill. While Alexis and the kids were loving the … Lire la suite Jour 14 – 11 juillet / Day 14 – July 11

Wendy Though we had originally wanted to take route 40, we decided to drive back up route 68 going through Salta to get to Purmamarca to make it there to watch the Euro cup final at 4pm. I found the road even more impressive in this direction and with the morning light.  It took us … Lire la suite Jour 13 – 10 juillet / Day 13 – July 10