Crossing the Andes to Bolivia

On January 7, we left the small town of Putre and passing through Lauca National Park we crossed the border with Bolivia. The highest point of mountain pass on is located at over 4700 m altitude. The landscapes are fantastic, but the effects of the altitude were felt by us as well as by Nemo. Everything was ok, Nemo behaved excellently and after about 2 hours and about 50 km driven at 4500+ m we descended again to "only" ca. 3600 m (height of the Bolivian plateau). It should be mentioned that the camper's software has been adapted to facilitate normal operation in the rarefied air of the Andean passes.

But perhaps harder than driving through the Andean passes seems to me to be driving through Bolivia. The road traffic here is chaotic, in some places very impulsive and careless. Unfortunately, very different from what I had observed so far in the other three South American countries visited. We finally made it safely to La Paz…Read more