La Paz - Part 2

The bus ride back to La Paz was a bumpy one. Luckily the driver couldn't race up the mountain the way he probably would have preferred to, since the bus simply wouldn't go faster than maybe 50 kph uphil. Good for us, then on the straight bit before the mountains we had at least 2 very unsettlling curves in which it felt like the bus might trip over 😨

We rode all the way back from 0 to 3600m altitude, passing over a mountain pass at 4600m, covered in snow!
Soaring heat in the jungle in the afternoon - ice in the morning. That's how fast it goes here in Bolivia.

Took the weekend to recover from the ride and prep for the weeks ahead.

Tomorrow we will be leaving La Paz and heading south toward Oruro, continuing to the Salt flats.
I will try to post another update after the salt flats (about a week from now) before heading onto the very remote Lagunas Route from Uyuni to Chile and further to Argentina, estimated to take another 14 days, mainly without internet coverage.

Excited to get back on the bike!
Stay tuned and see you soon!

🌡amount of temperature drop between Jungle and mountain pass: 35 degrees
🥙 Amount of food packed for the coming week: probably too muchRead more