Now that we are in Bolivia there is a much stronger presence of indigenous people. The women around town in Uyuni are a mixture of the traditionally dressed with their tall bowler hats perched on the top of their heads (it's not obvious how they stay there), wide pleated skirts, and hair in two long black plaits well past their waist, and the younger ones in western clothes. In fifty years will there be anyone left dressing traditionally?
After another $10 visit to the physio, we hopped on the bus to Sucre. Once we were out of town it became a bit of a rollercoaster ride, it seemed that the driver was taking the winding road downhill at up to 100kmh without using his brakes - we had no choice but to trust him, but without any seatbelts it got a bit hairy at times.
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We arrived in Sucre in the early evening, already noticing the difference, as Bolivia doesn't have all year round daylight saving like Chile. It is never fun arriving in a new city in the dark but our hotel was only 50 metres from the main square, so it was easy to find our way around.
It was also immediately noticeable how much poorer Bolivia is, there were children about eight years old running out in front of cars when the traffic stopped. They would throw a rock up in the air and catch it, then ask for money, all this is in the dark.
We had dinner at a nice gringo restaurant, M tried the Bolivian dish pique macho (sin huevo por favor!) and found it to his liking, while K played it safe with lasagna.
The lower altitude meant we had our first good night's sleep in a while, unsurprisingly it's easier to sleep when there is more oxygen in the air.
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