¨He that leaves few things to chance will do few things ill, but will do very few things.¨
-George Helifax
Well, welcome to the Birkenstock Diaries. Who thought I´d ever get around to putting anything on a blog(Thanks to my sister for helping me set it up). Quite frankly, I wouldn´t have, but the past three days have been such an experience that I wanted to share it with all of you back home. We traveled through the high planes of Bolivia by four wheel drive (an ´85 Toyota Land Cruiser to be exact. Oh...love.), venturing across the largest salt flats in the world, viewing flamingo filled lagunas at over 13,000 ft., watching geysers spew steam at sunrise, and crossing a mountain pass that topped out at over 15,600 ft., the highest I´ve ever been. We´ve watched native women spreading quinoa over blankets to dry in the sun, walked through small towns where colorfully decorated llamas roam freely, and seen expanses of desolation that make Kansas look like City Park. In fact, yesterday morning, we drove over bumpy dirt roads all day without seeing a single sign of civilization until we reached our hostel at the shore of Laguna Colorada, and when we set off again this morning, our next view of human creation was a small shack at the Bolivia/Chile border.
I´ve added some pictures here, because words don´t do justice to what we´ve seen. But to put some statistics into the mix, the salt flats are 12,000 square kilometers and the salt finds its end at a depth of 5-6 meters. Someone want to do the math and tell me how many cubic meters of salt that is? Anyway, that´s all very boring if you´re not there.
Well that´s that for now. A small overview, but hopefully, in time, Í´ll learn to blog like all those uber-savvy facebookers. Until Soon.
-Drew.
-George Helifax
Well, welcome to the Birkenstock Diaries. Who thought I´d ever get around to putting anything on a blog(Thanks to my sister for helping me set it up). Quite frankly, I wouldn´t have, but the past three days have been such an experience that I wanted to share it with all of you back home. We traveled through the high planes of Bolivia by four wheel drive (an ´85 Toyota Land Cruiser to be exact. Oh...love.), venturing across the largest salt flats in the world, viewing flamingo filled lagunas at over 13,000 ft., watching geysers spew steam at sunrise, and crossing a mountain pass that topped out at over 15,600 ft., the highest I´ve ever been. We´ve watched native women spreading quinoa over blankets to dry in the sun, walked through small towns where colorfully decorated llamas roam freely, and seen expanses of desolation that make Kansas look like City Park. In fact, yesterday morning, we drove over bumpy dirt roads all day without seeing a single sign of civilization until we reached our hostel at the shore of Laguna Colorada, and when we set off again this morning, our next view of human creation was a small shack at the Bolivia/Chile border.
I´ve added some pictures here, because words don´t do justice to what we´ve seen. But to put some statistics into the mix, the salt flats are 12,000 square kilometers and the salt finds its end at a depth of 5-6 meters. Someone want to do the math and tell me how many cubic meters of salt that is? Anyway, that´s all very boring if you´re not there.
Well that´s that for now. A small overview, but hopefully, in time, Í´ll learn to blog like all those uber-savvy facebookers. Until Soon.
-Drew.
Oh Drew you are there! It is beautiful and good to hear your muses.
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Kmartinez
This is awesome. Thanks for letting us join in the adventure!!! love--Lisa
ReplyDeleteHello Drewfriend! Me and Mic love your pictures it looks like an amazing experience. Mic thinks the lama is drying off his butt hole since he's standing with his butt towards the direction of the wind. I think you need to give him some of those pepto bismol pills. Wink. Shannan and Mickey Can't wait to hear from you again.
ReplyDeleteWe love your pics and the continued geography lessons; keep them coming! It's also a nice way to know you're doing OK. Lots of love, MOM and DAD
ReplyDeleteHi Andrew, Hope you got our earlier message, but either way it is great to follow your interesting daily episodes--you are preparing for a TV series, right? Have fun and keep safe,
ReplyDeleteRon & Ann
Drew! Excuse me, I meant, Vagabond, James Vagabond...Bob Lowry here..hey, love the blog, looks like you're doing the same thing there that you do in Denver, ha, ha...seriously, glad you're having such a great time and experience, minus losing the wallet thing...oh, well...hey, we all miss you here, but 90% of us would rather be there with you! Take care, my friend and world traveler, Bob & Tonni
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