On the road again

We are officially on the road. You could probably tell from my radio silence. It has been a busy few days since I last posted. We celebrated Thanksgiving with Nuestra Casa...which was a real treat for more reasons that I have time to write here. Let me just say the turkey showed up 3 hours late because the person bringing it got in a car accident or a motorcycle accident or something like that involving a dog. I still didn´t get the full story but it was quite enjoyable.

Our host family made an awesome meal for our last meal with them on Friday. Seriously I couldn´t get enough. We all ate together and even had some wine. I am already missing Albina´s cooking. Before we left Cochabamba on Saturday we had lunch at the house and she packed us tomato and cheese sandwhiches for our bus ride (which they were seriously the best sandwhiches I have ever had). She also walked us out to the road, hailed a cab, haggled for the price, and wanted to pay...but we wouldn´t let her do that. Seriously this family is so generous and hospitable. I was overwhelmed with their kindness. Pablo told us to be careful of anyone selling candy or anything on the bus because it is sometimes laced with a drug to put us to sleep so people can steal from us. He wanted to be sure we knew this. This kid is awesome.

Our bus ride was beautiful but I thought we were going to die probably 15 times. I decided it was safer to not look out the window. We gained about 3000 feet in elevation and the whole way was on a narrow road and it rained about a third of the time. Our bus driver was passing people constantly...and you would frequently see the road drop off on either side. Seriously scary....but we made it.

We are in Oruro now...well just for the day. We got in last night and found a place to stay. We toured the town today and have a 7pm overnight train to Uyuni where we are going to tour Salar de Uyuni which are huge salt falts. If I understand correctly you can see them from space.

More to come next time we have internet. Sorry this ins´t more detailed. Just know we are doing well and enjoying the trip. The colors, people, smells and so much more are amazing.