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		<title>from Chile to Bolivia</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Santiago (350m) to San Pedro de Atacama (2.300m) from there through the desert, salt lakes and geysers, to 4.850m above sea level, chewing coca leaves and meeting amazing Bruno – a doctor of desert in his jogging-dress –click here to read the whole story… Von Santiago auf 350m nach San Pedro de Atacama auf [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-58" title="australien" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/australien.gif" alt="australien" width="60" height="30" /><a class="aligncenter" href="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Little-Jani.JPG" target="_self" rel="lightbox"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2013" title="Little Jani-click!" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Little-Jani-click.JPG" alt="Little Jani-click!" width="170" height="275" /></a>From Santiago (350m) to San Pedro de Atacama (2.300m) from there through the desert, salt lakes and geysers, to 4.850m above sea level, chewing coca leaves and meeting amazing Bruno – a doctor of desert in his jogging-dress <img src='http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  –<a href="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/2010/04/05/from-chile-to-bolivia/#more-2009" target="_self">click here to read the whole story…</a></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-59" title="deutsch" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/deutschland.gif" alt="deutsch" width="60" height="30" />Von Santiago auf 350m nach San Pedro de Atacama auf 2.300m, von da durch die Wüste an Salzseen und Geysiren vorbei auf 4.850m über n.N., Coca-Blätter-kauend trafen wir Bruno den erstaunlichen Wüstenarzt im Jogginganzug. Klick hier, um die ganze Geschichte zu lesen &#8211;&gt; <span id="more-2009"></span></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-58" title="australien" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/australien.gif" alt="australien" width="60" height="30" /><a class="aligncenter" href="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hot-springs.jpg" target="_self" rel="lightbox"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2010" title="hot springs-click!" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hot-springs-click.JPG" alt="hot springs-click!" width="167" height="126" /></a>San Pedro is already 2.300m above sea level. Every guideline for mountain climbers tells that you should walk up slowly (not more than 500m per day) to acclimate your body to the level and to avoid altitude sickness.<br />
But clever Verena and smart Jan stayed again only one day at 2.300m and booked a 3-day Jeep tour through the Atacama Desert to Uyuni in Bolivia, going up close to 5.000 meters. At the booking of Colque Adventures we met our jeepmates, Tamara, Lianne, Chris and (Sergeant) Bernie. <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2018" title="Bierkontest auf 4.800m Höhe" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Bierkontest-auf-4.800m-Höhe.jpg" alt="Bierkontest auf 4.800m Höhe" width="268" height="182" />These guys are from England and Australia and all time in a joking mood. The first day we went up to the border between Chile and Bolivia at around 4.000 meters above sea level (they had their first joint). After that we visited the green lagoon and the geysers at 4.850 meters (they had their second joint). We arrived the hut next to the flamingo lagoon where we wanted to stay overnight (they had their first beer). In the afternoon Chris got a headache and after dinner he felt fatally ill. Our Bolivian guide Walter (real name!) had a look in his face and decided immediately to move to another accommodation with a lower altitude. So we were the first tourists visiting the stunning rocks and landscapes during a full moon night drive. We tested chewing Coca leaves but could not feel any better.<br />
<a class="aligncenter" href="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Flamingos.jpg" target="_self" rel="lightbox"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2012" title="Flamingos-click!" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Flamingos-click.JPG" alt="Flamingos-click!" width="153" height="115" /></a>The 2nd day Chris felt much better (and got stoned again), we visited an active volcano and then Verena got such a massive headache that our guide again detoured to a doctor in the middle of nowhere. But amazing Bruno, the Bolivian doctor in a sports dress, checked Verenas blood pressure, diagnosed altitude sickness, gave her some wonder-pills and after two hours she felt like being new born <img src='http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<a class="aligncenter" href="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Sie-blühen-alle-100-Jahre.jpg" target="_self" rel="lightbox"><img class="size-full wp-image-2020 alignleft" title="Kaktus-click!" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Kaktus-click.JPG" alt="Kaktus-click!" width="164" height="124" /></a>The 3rd day we awoke at 5 a.m. after a horrible night in a 6 bed dorm. The early hour was to admire the sunrise at the biggest salt lake on earth – “Salar de Uyuni”, which is 165km long. In the middle of this lake, during the sunrise, we climbed an island full of cactuses. We felt like in our ski holidays when we walked around the white ground full of small crumbs. At noon we arrived Uyuni, an ugly town full of nonserious travel agencies and other ominous people. <a class="aligncenter" href="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Jeep.jpg" target="_self" rel="lightbox"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2023" title="Jeep-click!" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Jeep-click.JPG" alt="Jeep-click!" width="183" height="137" /></a>Although we were tired and burnt out from the 3 days in the desert sitting in a Jeep driving always bumpy roads full of potholes, we decided not to stay, but taking the bus to La Paz. The bus started at 8 p.m. arriving the unoffical  capital twelve hours later. So we said good-bye to our crazy friends and travelmates and prepared ourselves for the next horrible trip, because the road to La Paz was also unsealed.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-59" title="deutsch" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/deutschland.gif" alt="deutsch" width="60" height="30" />San Pedro liegt bereits 2.300m hoch. In jedem Bergführer steht, dass man langsam aufwärts gehen soll (maximal 500m pro Tag), um den Körper an die Höhe zu gewöhnen und um die Höhenkrankheit zu verhindern. <a class="aligncenter" href="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Kakteenlandschaft.jpg" rel="lightbox"><img class="size-full wp-image-2029 alignleft" title="Kakteenlandschaft-click!" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Kakteenlandschaft-click.JPG" alt="Kakteenlandschaft-click!" width="220" height="165" /></a>Wir jedoch blieben einmal mehr nur einen Tag in San Pedro und buchten eine 3-Tagestour mit dem Jeep durch die Atacama Wüste nach Uyuni in Bolivien, mit Höhen von knapp 5.000 Metern. Bei der Buchung trafen wir unsere Weggefährten, Tamara, Lianne, Chris and (Sergeant) Bernie. Die vier kamen aus England bzw. Australien und waren eigentlich immer gut drauf. Gleich am ersten Tag fuhren wir hoch an den Grenzübergang zwischen Chile und Bolivien auf 4.000m. (wo die vier ihren ersten Joint hatten). Im Anschluss besuchten wir die grüne Lagune und Schwefelgeysire auf 4.850m (wo die vier ihren zweiten Joint hatten). Als nächstes kamen wir zu unserer Unterkunft am Flamingosee (wo die vier ihr erstes Bier tranken). <a class="aligncenter" href="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Salar-de-Uyuni.jpg" target="_self" rel="lightbox"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2022" title="Salar de Uyuni-click!" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Salar-de-Uyuni-click.JPG" alt="Salar de Uyuni-click!" width="164" height="124" /></a>Nachmittags bekam Chris ziemliche Kopfschmerzen und nach dem Abendessen war er todsterbenskrank. Unser bolivianischer Guide namens Walter (kein Witz!) schaute sich Chris kurz an und beschloss sofort zu einer Unterkunft, die 800m tiefer lag, zu fahren. Somit waren wir die ersten Touristen, die sich die Felsen und die Landschaft während einer Vollmond-Fahrt anschauten. Wir probierten uns am Kauen von Coca Blättern, jedoch ohne Erfolg.<br />
Am zweiten Tag ging es Chris gleich viel besser (ruckzuck war er auch wieder stoned), wir besuchten einen aktiven Vulkan und dann bekam Verena auf einmal so starke Kopfschmerzen, dass unser Guide erneut einen Umweg machen musste, um irgendwo im Nirgendwo einen Arzt aufzutreiben. <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2033" title="Fernet Koka" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Fernet-Koka.jpg" alt="Fernet Koka" width="289" height="224" />Bruno, der Wüstendoktor im Trainingsanzug, checkte Verenas Blutdruck, stellte ein paar Fragen auf spanisch, die wir sowieso nicht verstanden, diagnostizierte Höhenkrankheit und versorgte Verena mit ein paar Wunderpillen; zwei Stunden später fühlte sie sich wie neu geboren.<br />
Am dritten Tag wachten wir um 5 Uhr nach einer ziemlich üblen Nacht in einem 6er Zimmer auf. Es war deshalb so früh, weil wir den Sonnenaufgang über dem “Salar de Uyuni”, dem größten Salzsee der Erde, miterleben wollten. Inmitten des endlosen Salzsees befindet sich eine Insel, die voll von bis zu 12m hohen und über 1.000 Jahre alten Kakteen ist. Es fühlte sich an, als wären wir im Skiurlaub, während wir über den weißen, allerdings weniger kalten Untergrund stapften.<br />
<a class="aligncenter" href="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/walk-like-a-bolivian.jpg" target="_self" rel="lightbox"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2034" title="walk like a bolivian-click!" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/walk-like-a-bolivian-click.JPG" alt="walk like a bolivian-click!" width="228" height="171" /></a>Um die Mittagszeit erreichten wir Uyuni, ein hässliches Touri-Nest voll mit unseriösen Touranbietern und schlechten Hostels. Obwohl wir von den drei Tagen, der Höhe von 4.000m und der Jeeptour über üble Pisten ziemlich erledigt waren, beschlossen wir keine Nacht hier zu verbringen, sondern abends den Nachtbus zur 12 Stunden entfernten heimlichen Hauptstadt Boliviens, La Paz, zu nehmen. Wir verabschiedeten uns von unseren verrückten Freunden und bereiteten uns auf die nächste Horrorfahrt vor, denn die Straße nach La Paz ist ebenfalls größtenteils nicht geteert.</p>
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Every guideline for mountain climbers tells that you should walk up slowly (not more than 500m per day) to acclimate your body to the level and to avoid altitude sickness.<br />
But clever Verena and smart Jan stayed again only one day at 2.300m and booked a 3-day Jeep tour through the Atacama Desert to Uyuni in Bolivia going up close to 5.000 meters. At the booking of Colque Adventures we met our jeepmates, Tamara, Lianne, Chris and (Sergeant) Bernie. These guys are from England and Australia and all time in a joking mood. On the first day we went up to the border between Chile and Bolivia at around 4.000 meters above sea level (they had their first joint). After that we visited the green lagoon and the geysers at 4.850 meters (they had their second joint). We arrived the hut next to the flamingo lagoon where we wanted to stay overnight (they had their first beer). In the afternoon Chris got a headache and after dinner he felt fatally ill. Our Bolivian guide Walter had a look in his face and decided immediately to move to another accommodation with a lower altitude. So we were the first tourists visiting the stunning rocks and landscapes during a full moon night drive. We tested chewing Coca leaves but could not feel any better.<br />
The 2<sup>nd</sup> day Chris felt much better (and got stoned again), we visited an active volcano and then Verena got such a massive headache so that our guide again detoured to a doctor in the middle of nowhere. But amazing Bruno, the Bolivian doctor in a sports dress checked Verenas blood pressure, diagnosed altitude sickness, gave her some wonder-pills and after two hours she felt like being new born <img src='http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> .<br />
The 3<sup>rd</sup> day we awoke at 5 a.m. after a horrible night in a 6 bed dorm. The early was to admire the sunrise at the biggest salt lake on earth – “Salar de Uyuni”, which is 165km long. In the middle of this lake we climbed an island full of cactuses during the sunrise. We felt like in our ski holidays when we walked around the white ground full of small crumbs. At noon we arrived Uyuni, an ugly town full of nonserious travel agencies and other ominous people. Although we were tired and burnt out from the 3 days in the desert sitting in a Jeep driving always bumpy roads full of potholes, we decided not to stay, but taking the bus to La Paz. The bus started at 8 p.m. arriving the capital twelve hours later. So we said good-bye to our crazy friends and travelmates and prepared ourselves for the next horrible trip, because the road to La Paz was also unsealed <img src='http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> .</span></strong></div>
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		<title>Chile &#8211; Atacama Desert</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We stayed only two days in Santiago de Chile and took the plane to San Pedro de Atacama in the north of Chile. San Pedro is an oasis in the driest place on earth – the Atacama Desert! While Verena was too lazy to move, Jan rented a mountain bike to explore the desert. He [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-58" title="australien" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/australien.gif" alt="australien" width="60" height="30" /><a class="aligncenter" href="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Atacama-Desert.jpg" target="_self" rel="lightbox"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1976" title="Atacama Desert-click!" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Atacama-Desert-click.JPG" alt="Atacama Desert-click!" width="143" height="107" /></a></strong>We stayed only two days in Santiago de Chile and took the plane to San Pedro de Atacama in the north of Chile. San Pedro is an oasis in the driest place on earth – the Atacama Desert! While Verena was too lazy to move, Jan rented a mountain bike to explore the desert. <a class="aligncenter" href="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/San-Pedro-Oasis.jpg" target="_self" rel="lightbox"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1988" title="San Pedro - Oasis-click!" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/San-Pedro-Oasis-click.JPG" alt="San Pedro - Oasis-click!" width="144" height="108" /></a>He asked for a map but nobody had one. So he decided to drive without. After exhausting 45 minutes and passing the “Quebrada del Diablo” – the “Devils Canyon” he arrived the tunnel. The way became more and more invisible. After another hour of biking Jan decided to go back, but missed the way and got lost. <a class="aligncenter" href="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Devils-Canyon.jpg" target="_self" rel="lightbox"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1979" title="Devils Canyon-click!" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Devils-Canyon-click.JPG" alt="Devils Canyon-click!" width="144" height="108" /></a>He turned around again and realized how dangerous the desert can be, especially without a map <img src='http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':-(' class='wp-smiley' /> . Jan orientated himself by the sun and the volcano “Licancabur” close to San Pedro and finally found his way out of the desert after a few moments of desperation. Verena welcomed him with mingled feelings, one the one hand she was happy to see her crazy boyfriend again, but on the other hand it was too late for the afternoon tour “valle de la luna” – “Moon Valley”.<br />
<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-59" title="deutsch" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/deutschland.gif" alt="deutsch" width="60" height="30" /><a class="aligncenter" href="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Entrance-of-Devils-Tunnel.jpg" target="_self" rel="lightbox"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1983" title="Entrance of Devils Tunnel-click!" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Entrance-of-Devils-Tunnel-click.JPG" alt="Entrance of Devils Tunnel-click!" width="144" height="108" /></a>Nach nur einem Tag Aufenthalt in Santiago sind wir mit dem Flieger nach San Pedro de Atacama geflogen. San Pedro ist eine kleine Oase inmitten der trockensten Region der Welt – der Atacama-Wüste. Während Verena bewegungsfaul in der Hängematte des Hostels blieb, schnappte sich Jan ein Mountainbike und wollte die Wüste erkunden. <a class="aligncenter" href="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Jan-on-a-bike.jpg" target="_self" rel="lightbox"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1995" title="Jan on a bike-click!" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Jan-on-a-bike-click-150x115.jpg" alt="Jan on a bike-click!" width="150" height="115" /></a>Er fragte nach einer Karte, es gab aber keine. Also machte er sich ohne Orientierungshilfe auf den Weg. Nach anstrengenden 45 Minuten hatte er die Teufelsschlucht passiert und erreichte den Tunnel. Der Weg wurde zunehmend schwerer erkennbar und nach einer weiteren Stunde beschloss Jan zurück zu fahren, verpasste jedoch den Weg und verirrte sich. <a class="aligncenter" href="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Devils-Tunnel.jpg" target="_self" rel="lightbox"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1981" title="Devils Tunnel-click!" src="http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Devils-Tunnel-click.JPG" alt="Devils Tunnel-click!" width="144" height="108" /></a>Er drehte erneut um und bemerkte wie gefährlich die Wüste sein kann, insbesondere ohne Karte <img src='http://www.einmal-um-die-welt.de/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':-(' class='wp-smiley' /> . Jan orientierte sich an der Sonne und dem Vulkan “Licancabur”, der in der Nähe San Pedros steht und fand letztlich aus der Wüste heraus – nach einigen Momenten der Verzweiflung. Verena empfing ihn mit gemischten Gefühlen, einerseits froh, ihren verrückten Freund wieder zu haben, andererseits war es nun zu spät für die Jeeptour zum „Tal des Mondes“.</p>
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