Trip to the altiplano
This week I had a chance to visit another area of Bolivia, this time a cold, windy and dry altiplano (mountaneous planes)of two departments, Oruro and Potosi.This trip was definitely different from the previous one, but even more eyeopening and interesting.
Monday
This time, I was lucky to travel in a nice Nissan SUV. After a 2-hour ride along the altiplano, we arrived in Oruro, a sad city of miners, where the only thing to see was a famous Catholic temple with an ancient mine underneath.Something really weird happened to me when I got there: I got incredibly dizzy and my throat was closing up from dryness...no amount of water was enough.After 2 hours of laying down I was fine, but it really reminded me not to discount altitude sickness (Oruro is about 200 meters higher than La Paz). That night I stayed in a cozy hotel and watched cable TV.
posted by HM @ 6:00 PM
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