I have been years ago in Bolivia. I came from Brazil to cross the border to Puerto Suarez and to go by the ¨Death Train¨ to Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Then via Cochabamba I went to La Paz and Puno… Now it is the time to explore the south of Bolivia.
Uyuni is a little town, some 14 000 peple live here. I already saw the little museum related to the past of the region. Entry fee is only 2,50 bolivianos. In casas de cambio they pay at the moment 7 bolivianos for the US dollar. For 30 bolivianos you can have a single room with shared bath in the hostel. Twin cost twice. So in general I can say that Bolivia is less expensive for the traveler – for similar services you will pay in Chile twice more. But the roads are bad…
Uyuni is important railway hub. You can travel from here to Ouroro – La Paz direction, Villazon – at the border of Argentina and to Chilean border but the trains depart only twice a week each direction.
Tomorrow I am heading by bus to Potosi, expecting bumpy and dusty journey.
