Written by Carolyn, edited by Janet:
Hello Family!
I am enjoying the last day of a nice 4 day weekend. Today is a religious
holiday in
the north of
In the past few days I have climbed sand dunes, walked up to the edge of
geysers, seen beautiful flamencos and explored salt flats. Yesterday we
crossed over the border into
Colorada. It may have been the most amazing thing I have ever seen. The
lagoon was turned to a deep color of red (when the wind blows the minerals
from the bottom come to the surface and change the color). The lagoon was
covered with flamencos. It was awesome!
We ran into a few problems after that. Our jeep broke down on the way home
and we ended up having to flag someone down and beg them to take us back to
the border (as the sun was going down and we were starting to get really
cold). We sat in the car for 3 hours and I really thought a couple of times
that nobody was going to pass by and that we were going to see the end of
our days in the desert. Luckily I was with my three friends and a random
French couple we got paired up with for the tour. We all stayed calm and
now it's a funny story, but yesterday we weren't laughing so much. Did I
mention that we broke down at an altitude of almost 5,000 meters high. We
all had headaches and were short of breath! Oh,
adventures never stop!
The last problem was getting back across the border without passports. We
didn't bring them from
of deal with the border patrol to let us go through. It's all over now and
I am telling this story with a smile on my face! Don't worry mom and dad, I
promise not to cross any more borders without my passport!
Anyways, I must go now. I am in an internet cafe now and am being charged a
fortune, but I just wanted to say hello.
P.S. Pictures of the red lagoon to follow!
Slightly intimidating.
13 years ago
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