2018-11-05 Day 185 Sun

Did not sleep very well and had a slight headache. Just pushing the altitude boundary.

Asked at the cabinaros (police) about the secondary boundary crossing and he said it was illegal so that stopped that thought.. Decided to head back to the termas and do some washing and arrive at the other end of road works again.

Passed about 150 trucks lined up to cross the border into Bolivia, luckily being a small private truck we drove passed them all. All worked well but after being at the border for 30 mins found out that we were in the wrong spot. So another 6 k’s into Bolivia and 150 trucks later - to exit Chile and enter Bolivia. That all went smoothly.
Everyone in cars, bicycles, and buses had to take their bags into the building with them to have them scanned. They just checked our compliance plates….

We had felt sorry for the trucks waiting at the road works yesterday, but to know they had another 5-10 hrs wait for the border crossing or had just had that wait. Just such an added cost to business. Over 300 trucks and drivers waiting.




About 20k’s into Bolivia is the Parque Nacional Sajama. We paid our entry fee of AU$20 each. The park surrounds the volcano Nevad Sajama(6542m) and has hot springs.
Some great fences in the park.

We had a walk up to a hill fortified in times gone by with rock fences and throwing stones. Then drove to the Geisers, which we camped right beside. Hung our washing out to dry and did some computer work.