Report 28 August

Report 28 August
Report by Greetje and Steef

Now, the world around us is rusty, the bush olive/green. On the grey road in front of us goes a dark square with two sharp red eyes, the Model T.

hotel La Colorada. 

wating to go 

We left Camargo in time and now the road goes up and down and turns from left to right. The Model T is doing well and so does Dirk. Compared to Sucre there is hardly no plastic garbage along the road. Now the mountains are loosing there waste. Now and then rocks and rubbish cover the road so we have to stop, or, there is a diversion.

rocks on the road 

nostalgia 

diversion 

At 12.00 the world has become ochre/green. We have to go up again to travel by way of Tarija. Dirk is going ahead so we can see him in the depth.

red baron 

find Dirk 

looking at the Model T 

Dirk sees a nice place for the lunch break but gets stuck in a dry river bank. Some pushing and he is on solid ground again. On the side of the road is a silent prove of a car accident which we have seen already so many times.

stuck 1

stuck 2 

car accident 

About 17.00 we went down again to 2100 Ft. We are driving into spring; an overwhelming scent of flowers is all around us. Dirk makes us stop to enjoy it. The bare mountain slopes are gone now; trees bush and plants are everywhere. However, the ModelT starts to make a suspicious sound but we have to reach the border. Near a hotel we stop to check a room but it is so dirty and in bad shape, we have to go on. It is getting dark now and Dirk is going to drive behind the Land Rover. There are no hotels anymore along this road so we go on until we , finally,  reach Bermejo at the border. At 19.00 we check in Hotel La Costa. Today we have driven 210 mls.