Some days just don't go to plan and the drive Uyuni to Tupiza was one of them. The roads in Bolivia have been lovely smooth tar but our luck had run out and the road we had to use was 200km of corrugated dirt road. The scenery was amazing though, with mountains of all colours, flat scrub land, dried rivers it was one of the most scenic days of the whole trip. Sadly the day was slow and just as we were on our final leg we were faced with a bus with a flat tyre. We aren't entirely sure why it took them 1.5 hours to change a tyre but they did a lot faffing first meaning that we rolled into the completely un-signposted Tupiza at about 9pm.
I was a bit worried that I wasn't going to be able to organise a tour of the area which is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid territory (they committed suicide in the nearby town of San Vincent after being on the run). Myself, Jeanne, Lisa and Francois went on a lovely 4 hour walk to see some cool rocks and canyons. A stretch of the legs is definitely what we need as we have a 12 hour plus journey back into Argentina ahead. Bolivia has been a great country to visit. The highlights though have definitely been the amazing scenery and a huge number of dogs in clothes!!
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