Hi everybody! Sorry for disappearing for the last couple weeks, but we have been in rather remote regions of the Bolivian altiplano. We have passed through dozens of towns, but…well, most of them lack electricity or telephone lines. If we approached a town that had a few utility lines strung up and a single wire stretching across the desert on rickity poles we got hopeful that we might be able to, say, purchase some bread or cheese or potatos. We usually failed, but things have been great aside from the limited menu options and extreme out-of-touchedness. Bolivia is a far more simple country than Argentina or Chile. We have so much to say about it! But right now we are in Oruro, the capital of Oruro Provence (we met the govenor a few days ago, but that story will have to wait.) It’s the biggest city we’ve seen in Bolivia, and we’ll be here for a few days writing weblog entries and enjoying all sorts of good cheap food. So this entry will be short, because we rode 82 kilometers already today & dinner will start very soon.
Stay tuned, we’ll be back tomorrow. And from now on we’ll be more in touch. Thanks for all your comments! Hasta luego,
-Andy