Este es mi tercer viaje a Bolivia. En mis viajes anteriores no logre ver el Salar de Uyuni por varias razones. En 2009 lo hago junto con mis amigos de Okinawa.
Das Land fasziniert immer wieder. Es gibt Zeiten, da will man dem Staub, den unwirtlichen Aussenbezirke der Städte oder der Kälte entfliehen. Doch just in dem Moment spricht man einen Bolivianer an und entdeckt immer wieder die Hilfsbereitschaft der Menschen. Und alles ist wieder gut.
Meine japanischen Freunde haben natürlich das ihre zu meinen tollen Ferien beigetragen: Mitten in der topfebenen Landwirtschaftszone der Region Santa Cruz entdeckt man einen Flecken japanischer Kultur mit ihrer Gastfreundschaft.
A long story short: On our first trip through Bolivia we couldn’t reach the Salar de Uyuni because my travel companion got altitude sickness. So we headed to the Jesuit Missions circuit. On our way we passed a Japanese colony – Okinawa - and had to ask for directions. We met a Bolivian family. Eventually we decided to support the two oldest daughters and send them to the Japanese private school. This initiative got me in touch with a Japanese family that we visited the year after. Due to public unrest (road blockages) we got stuck out in the nowhere and had to return to Okinawa where we were welcomed again. And we had further delays because our alternative route to the missions was also blocked for two days. That was last year.
This year I decided to visit my newly found Japanese friends and make a third attempt to reach the altiplano with them. Tightly packed in a huge Toyota Landcruiser we made it. In record time of 7 days we travelled over 2500 km and saw many of the highlights of Bolivia – with a pleasant splash of Japanese cuisine and Bolivian kid’s talk. Gravel roads, narrow roads, freezing nights make this an adventure worthwhile.
No será la última vez de visitar estos sitios. Hay mucho más para descubrir en el país y conversar con mis amigos.
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