{"id":2009,"date":"2010-04-05T01:28:43","date_gmt":"2010-04-04T23:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.einmal-um-die-welt.de\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2022-01-31T15:23:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T14:23:59","slug":"from-chile-to-bolivia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.einmal-um-die-welt.de\/startseite\/from-chile-to-bolivia\/","title":{"rendered":"from Chile to Bolivia"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=“1″ admin_label=“section“ _builder_version=“3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=“row“ _builder_version=“3.0.48″ background_size=“initial“ background_position=“top_left“ background_repeat=“repeat“][et_pb_column type=“4_4″ _builder_version=“3.0.47″ parallax=“off“ parallax_method=“on“][et_pb_text admin_label=“Text“ _builder_version=“3.14″ background_size=“initial“ background_position=“top_left“ background_repeat=“repeat“]\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>From Santiago (350m) to San Pedro de Atacama (2.300m) – through the desert, salt lakes and geysers, to 4.850m above sea\u00a0level, to chewing coca\u00a0leaves and meeting amazing Bruno \u2013 a doctor of the desert in his jogging-gear \ud83d\ude09 \u2013 to read the whole story scroll further down…<\/p>\n

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\"\"Von Santiago auf 350m nach San Pedro de Atacama auf 2.300m, von da durch die W\u00fcste an Salzseen und Geysiren vorbei, auf 4.850m \u00fcber n.N., Coca-Bl\u00e4tter-kauend traf ich Bruno den erstaunlichen W\u00fcstenarzt im Jogginganzug. Um die ganze Geschichte zu lesen, scroll weiter nach unten…<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>San Pedro is already 2.300m\u00a0above sea level. Every guide 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.
But I decided to only stayed one day in San Pedro and booked a 3-day Jeep tour through the Atacama Desert to Uyuni in\u00a0Bolivia, going up close to 5.000 meters. During the booking at Colque Adventures I met my jeepmates, Tamara, Lianne, Chris and (Sergeant) Bernie. These guys are from England and Australia and always in joking mood. The first day we went up to the border between Chile and Bolivia which was approximately 4.000 meters above sea level (where the others had their first joint). After that, we visited the green lagoon and the geysers at 4.850 meters (where they had their second joint). We arrived at a hut next to the flamingo lagoon where we wanted to stay overnight (where they had their first beer). But in the afternoon Chris got a really bad headache nad by dinner he felt fatally ill. Our Bolivian guide Walter (yep, that is his real name!) had a look at Chris and decided to\"\"<\/a> immediately move to another accommodation with a lower altitude. Resulting in us being the first tourists visiting the stunning rocks and landscapes during a full moon night drive. Meanwhile, I was chewing on Coca leaves, that were supposed to help against the sickness, however it did not prove to be an effective method for me…<\/p>\n

The 2nd day Chris felt much better (and of course, used this opportunity to get high again), so we continued our trip and saw an active vulcano.<\/p>\n

On the 3rd day I woke up at 5 a.m. after a horrible night in a 6 bed dorm. I got up at this early hour to see the stunning sunrise at the biggest salt lake on earth \u2013 \u201cSalar de\u00a0Uyuni\u201d, which is 165km long. In the middle of this lake, during the sunrise, we climbed an island full of cactuses. I felt like I was on a skiing trip, when we walked around the white ground full of small crumbs, just that the ground was a lot warmer than the snow. At noon we arrived at Uyuni, an ugly town full of untrustworthy travel agencies and other ominous people.
Although we were tired and burnt out from the 3 days in the desert sitting in a Jeep always driving on bumpy roads full of potholes, I decided not to stay, but rather take the bus to La Paz. So I said good-bye to our crazy friends and travelmates and prepared myself for the next horrible trip, because the road to La Paz was also unsealed.\u00a0The bus started at 8 p.m. and arrived in the unoffical capital twelve hours later.<\/p>\n

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\"\"San Pedro liegt bereits 2.300m hoch. In jedem Bergf\u00fchrer steht, dass man langsam aufw\u00e4rts gehen soll (maximal 500m pro Tag), um den K\u00f6rper an die H\u00f6he zu gew\u00f6hnen und um die H\u00f6henkrankheit zu verhindern.
Ich jedoch blieb einmal mehr nur einen Tag in San Pedro und buchte eine 3-Tagestour mit dem Jeep durch die Atacama W\u00fcste nach Uyuni in Bolivien, mit H\u00f6hen von knapp 5.000 Metern. Bei der Buchung traf ich meine Weggef\u00e4hrten, Tamara, Lianne, Chris and (Sergeant) Bernie. Die vier\u00a0kamen aus England bzw. Australien und waren eigentlich immer gut drauf. Gleich am ersten Tag fuhren wir hoch an den Grenz\u00fcbergang zwischen Chile und Bolivien auf 4.000m (wo die vier ihren ersten Joint hatten). Im Anschluss besuchten wir die gr\u00fcne Lagune und Schwefelgeysire auf 4.850m (wo die vier ihren zweiten Joint hatten). Als n\u00e4chstes kamen wir zu unserer Unterkunft am Flamingosee (wo die vier ihr erstes Bier tranken).
Nachmittags bekam Chris ziemliche Kopfschmerzen und nach dem Abendessen war er todsterbenskrank. Unser bolivianischer Guide namens Walter (kein \"\"<\/a>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 w\u00e4hrend einer Vollmond-Fahrt anschauten. Ich probierte mich am Kauen von Coca Bl\u00e4ttern, jedoch ohne Erfolg.
Am zweiten Tag ging es Chris gleich viel besser (ruckzuck war er auch wieder stoned), und wir besuchten einen aktiven Vulkan.
Am dritten Tag wachte ich um 5 Uhr nach einer ziemlich \u00fcblen Nacht in einem 6er\u00a0Zimmer auf. Es war deshalb so fr\u00fch, weil wir den Sonnenaufgang \u00fcber dem \u201cSalar de Uyuni\u201d, dem gr\u00f6\u00dften Salzsee der Erde, miterleben wollten. Inmitten des endlosen Salzsees befindet sich eine Insel, die voll von bis zu 12m hohen und \u00fcber 1.000 Jahre alten Kakteen ist. Es f\u00fchlte sich an, als w\u00e4ren wir im Skiurlaub, w\u00e4hrend wir \u00fcber den wei\u00dfen, allerdings weniger kalten Untergrund stapften.<\/p>\n

Um die Mittagszeit erreichten wir Uyuni, ein h\u00e4ssliches Touri-Nest voll mit unseri\u00f6sen Touranbietern und schlechten Hostels. Obwohl wir von den drei Tagen, der H\u00f6he von 4.000m und der Jeeptour \u00fcber \u00fcble Pisten ziemlich erledigt waren, beschloss ich keine Nacht hier zu verbringen, sondern abends den Nachtbus zur 12 Stunden entfernten heimlichen Hauptstadt Boliviens, La Paz, zu nehmen. Ich verabschiedete mich von meinen verr\u00fcckten Freunden und bereitete mich auf die n\u00e4chste Horrorfahrt vor, denn die Stra\u00dfe nach La Paz ist ebenfalls gr\u00f6\u00dftenteils nicht geteert.<\/p>\n

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.
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.
The 2nd<\/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 ;-).
The 3rd<\/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 \u2013 \u201cSalar de Uyuni\u201d, 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 ;-).<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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