Wild West of Bolivia

A bus ride 7 hours north of Salta and we were at the Bolivian border. A desert with cities on either side of the border. We walked over the border. It was as expected people running everywhere, people waiting everywhere and the one armed immigration official working at a steady pace, despite the massive queue, with his other arm occupied with a cigarette. We decided we didn't want to stay at the dodgy border town so we caught the train to Tupiza.


Tupiza is the 'Wild West' of Bolivia. There may as well be tumbleweeds rolling up the main street. The scenery surrounding could be out of 'Young Guns' or any Hollywood western movie, or equally a Guns'n'Roses film clip with Slash shredding in front of a church with the red rocky mountains in the background. Being inspired we decided to take a horse ride for a couple of hours. 5 minutes out of town and it felt like we were completely alone. We rode/walked around for about 3 hours. This confirmed that I still don't know how to ride a horse and that neither does my backside.
Our guide, Bella and Alex (from Salta) who seems to be following us.Mmmm, still not bored of cactuses.Straight out of Indiana Jones (sorry about the angle, couldn't be bothered re-uploading on Bolivian internet).