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La Paz - Bolivia » Alt. 3800m
Autocarros e duches. Ora ai estao duas razoes para evitar a Bolivia. (de resto, eh fenomenal) Um duche quente estes dias foi elevado ao estatuto de mitico, com cenas de quase pugilato para garantir tal privilegio. Quanto aos autocarros, garantiram-nos que em cada bus, ha sempre um condutor (optimo) e um gatuno. (o que?!) Tem sido um jogo constante de cluedo, para perceber quem eh o assassino; o aliviador de bolsos! Claro que "corredor" eh um conceito diferente aqui. Levei com um bebe mal cheiroso todo o caminho ate Potosi ao meu lado no corredor. Os bolivianos tem este habito de levar a casa as costas, o que nao abona ao conforto.
O Kwame pareceu encontrar a estrategia ideal. Compra sempre 2 lugares. Nao parece ir muito com a cultura local, mas um boliviano em media tem metade da altura dele.
Potosi eh muito giro. A cidade das minas. (ainda nao percebi o que os espanhois fizeram durante seculos com tanta prata...)
Seguiu-se Sucre, uma cidade mais requintada nas paredes caiadas e nos miradores. De Sucre fica no entanto a memoria da visita que a morte nos fez. A estrada da Bolivia esta manchada com o sangue das vitimas da pessima conducao. Na America do Sul, o perigo eh uma constante. Para mim nao eh novidade...
Voamos para La Paz, e ai comecou a 2a fase da viagem, com a chegada do Chris, o quarto vector. La Paz eh fenomenal! Uma cidade que varia 1000m de altitude entre o ponto mais alto e o mais baixo, entre 3500m e 4500m.
Como avidos exploradores sedentos de aventura nao perdemos a oportunidade de descer a "estrada mais perigosa do mundo" de bicicleta. Bem, bicicleta eh limitador, aquilo parecia tecnologia da NASA! Foram 4 horas de downhill brutal, com escarpas que nos ladeavam com mais de 500m de profundidade num ponto. Impos respeito, mas sobretudo deu muito gozo! A Bolivia eh uma curte!
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La Paz - Bolivia » Alt. 3800m
Buses and showers. Those are the two main reasons to avoid Bolivia. (apart from that, it's wicked!) A hot shower these days has reached the status of mythical, with scenes of near boxing to secure such privilege. When it comes to buses, as soon as we set fot on "civilized" Bolivia they warned us that with any bus comes standard a driver (good) and a thief (what?!). It's been a constant game to spot the silent assassin, the reliever of pockets! Of course, "isle" is a different concept here too. I had to put up with a smelly baby all the way to Potosi, with the mother sitting on the floor eating oranges. Bolivians have this annoying habit of taking the house everywhere (certainly truth when it comes to blankets).
Kwame found the right strategy. He always buys 2 seats. It doesn't seem to fit the local culture, but since he is twice as tall as any bolivian, it's been working so far.
Potosi is cool. The city of the mines. (still can't understand what the spaniards did for centuries with so much silver...) Sucre followed. A poshier city, decorated with the fine whites of it's walls and the beautiful look-out points. Yet, Sucre reminds me of death paying a visit. The roads in Bolivia are stained with the blood from the victims of careless driving and poor vehicles. In south America, danger is a constant. Not news to me...
From there we flew to La Paz, and there the second phase of the trip begun, with Chris' arrival. La Paz is amazing! It varies 1000m above sea level between low town (rich bunch) and high town (poor sector), between 3500m and 4500m.
As ungry explorers seeking for adventure, we couldn't miss the chance to go down "the world's most dangerous road", in downhill bike. Well... "bike" is short, that was more like NASA technology! 4 hours of pure downhill madness, with 500m deep cliffs at some points, just a meter away from the wheels. It demanded respect, but it was mostly fun as hell!! Bolivia rules!




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ou vou ai muito rapido, ou passo-me.... isso e pa mim....TUDO o k ai existe, tudo o k ai se faz, tudo o k ai se vive....

Posted by: Marcos

muito bons esses relatos a fazer lembrar os tempos áureos do meggamagazineano (é assim que se escreve??...)
vou ficar à espera das imagens!
abraço e continuem nessa onda!

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