Boliwia: zobaczyli Poloneza i nie sprzedali mi paliwa - MotoBieda

Summary

Join us on an exhilarating episode of 'The Automotive Voice' as we take the Polonez on a daring expedition across South America, from the bustling streets of La Paz, Bolivia, to the challenging terrains leading to Chile. Our adventure is filled with unique encounters, from navigating through chaotic city traffic and marveling at the eclectic architecture of La Paz, to enduring the vast salt flats of Salar de Uyuni and overcoming the treacherous lagoon road. Despite numerous challenges, including fuel issues and mechanical breakdowns, the Polonez remarkably withstands the harsh conditions, proving its resilience. This episode is not just a journey through diverse landscapes but a testament to the spirit of adventure and the enduring charm of the Polonez.

Takeaways

• 😀 They spent a long time entering Peru due to problems with the border crossing system
• 🚗 They discovered old Dodge buses converted for use in La Paz due to the steep roads
• ⛽ Getting fuel in Bolivia is complicated due to dual pricing for locals vs foreigners
• 🚂 They visited an abandoned train scrapyard that has become a tourist attraction
• 🌡️ La Paz is the highest capital city in the world at about 3600-3800 meters elevation
• 🛣️ They took a very difficult 500km off-road route to see the salt flats and Laguna Colorado
• 🚗 The Polonez held up remarkably well despite the demanding route
• 🌄 They spent an uncomfortable night sleeping in the Polonez in the wilderness
• 🏜️ Driving on the salt flats was disorienting but amazing
• 👮‍♂️ Entering Chile was straightforward with orderly border control

Q & A

What kind of car is the narrator driving across South America?

The narrator is driving a Polonez, an old Polish car, across South America.

What countries does the narrator drive through in this part of the journey?

In this part of the journey, the narrator drives through Bolivia and enters Chile.

What difficulties does the narrator encounter when trying to buy fuel in Bolivia?

The narrator has difficulties buying fuel in Bolivia because the government subsidizes fuel for locals, but charges double for foreign registered vehicles. Many gas stations can't or won't sell him the higher priced foreigner fuel.

Where does the narrator take the Polonez to try to 'rot' it?

The narrator takes the Polonez to the Salar de Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia, the largest salt flat in the world, to try to rot it.

What tourist attraction does the narrator visit with old trains and locomotives?

The narrator visits a train cemetery near Uyuni, Bolivia which has been an abandoned scrapyard of trains since the 1940s, but is now a tourist attraction.

What special road does the narrator attempt to drive the Polonez on?

The narrator attempts to drive the Polonez on the difficult Lagunas Route which goes by high altitude lakes, has gravel and sand, and is normally only driven by specialized 4x4 vehicles.

Where does the narrator end up sleeping in the Polonez?

The narrator ends up sleeping in the Polonez in the middle of nowhere at about 4,800 meters altitude along the Lagunas Route.

What lake does the narrator reach after a difficult drive?

After a difficult drive, the narrator reaches Laguna Colorada, a colorful lake at high altitude.

How does the road condition change when entering Chile from Bolivia?

When entering Chile from Bolivia, the road suddenly changes from gravel to good quality asphalt.

How well does the Polonez hold up after the demanding drive?

Surprisingly, the Polonez holds up quite well after the demanding off-road drive, with only minor damage like a broken grill and exhaust.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Arriving in La Paz, Bolivia and beginning the journey through South America

The narrator arrives in La Paz, Bolivia to continue his Polonez expedition across South America. He describes the chaotic mix of architecture in La Paz and the old Dodge buses converted for use on the city's steep roads. He also mentions being at the highest capital city in the world and dealing with issues at the border crossing.

05:04

😊 Driving south from La Paz and encountering fuel issues

After leaving La Paz, the roads and villages seem nicer and more civilized. However, there are difficulties buying fuel as a foreigner and problems with the fuel pump on the Polonez. The goal is to reach the town of Uyuni near the large salt flats.

10:05

😮Checking out the train cemetery and salt flats of Uyuni

The narrator provides background on Uyuni having been an important mining and industrial hub until the 1940s, when many trains and mining infrastructure were abandoned. The trains were left to rust in a "heaven on earth" train cemetery. The narrator also takes the Polonez onto the Uyuni salt flats, which are the largest in the world.

15:09

😃 Attempting to scrap the Polonez at the salt flats

The narrator wants to let the Polonez rot on the Uyuni salt flats since it couldn't be scrapped at the train cemetery. He drives on the salt flats, which are extremely large and bright white, and finds old abandoned vehicles covered in salt that he considers perfect scrap.

20:13

😎 Washing salt off the Polonez at a car wash

After driving extensively on the salt flats, the Polonez is covered in salt deposits. The narrator takes it to a local car wash where the undercarriage is sprayed clean. In the process, the narrator gets soaked as well.

25:14

😲 Adventuring on the difficult Laguna route to the Chile border

The narrator attempts the off-road Laguna route to reach the Chile border in the Polonez. The gravel and sand terrain is extremely difficult, with constant risk of getting stuck. There are beautiful views of lagoons and volcanoes but it is more about the challenge of crossing harsh landscape.

30:19

🥳 Finally reaching paved roads in Chile

After struggling on gravel roads to see the Laguna Colorada, the narrator heads to the Chile border. Right after entering Chile, paved asphalt roads begin, along with modern border control. It is an immense contrast to Bolivia's infrastructure.

Keywords

💡Polonez

Polonez is the car that the narrator is driving across South America in the video. It is an old Polish car that is having many problems and breakdowns as it attempts to traverse difficult roads and terrain. Despite its shortcomings, the narrator expresses a determination to keep the Polonez running.

💡Bolivia

Bolivia is one of the countries that the narrator drives through in the video. He provides descriptions of Bolivian roads, cities like La Paz, and geographic features like the salt flats.

💡salt flats

The narrator takes the Polonez out onto the Salar de Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia. This is the world's largest salt flat, and the narrator attempts to drive across it and document the experience.

💡breakdowns

The Polonez car frequently breaks down and has mechanical issues throughout the journey across South America. The narrator details many instances of breakdowns and makes repairs.

💡La Paz

La Paz is identified as the highest capital city in the world that the narrator drives through. He provides some descriptions of the city's infrastructure and attractions.

💡roads

The video focuses extensively on the roads, tracks, and terrain that the narrator traverses with the Polonez. This includes paved roads, gravel roads, no roads at all, and salt flats.

💡border crossings

The narrator discusses crossing between countries like Peru, Bolivia and Chile. He details complications with border controls, paperwork, and fuel prices.

💡rotting

At one point, the narrator brings the Polonez to the salt flats with the stated intention of letting it rot there, before realizing that won't work.

💡record attempt

On the salt flats, the narrator attempts to drive the Polonez at high speeds to break a record.

💡terrain

The video focuses on the Polonez traversing all kinds of difficult terrain from salt flats to gravel to steep mountain roads. The car struggles with much of it.

Highlights

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Transcripts

look what's happening now Look where I am I'm driving into the parking lot here are

the flowers here are the shops and I'm on my way Welcome to La Paz and that means Bolivia so Welcome

to another episode of the automotive voice in your hacienda in which

we continue the Polonez expedition across South America with north to

south This time it's a section from Bolivia and in it we play in the sand, check

what the difference is between a locomotive and a parcel locker, we lie and wait for the Polonez to rot on the

salt lake. Oh Jesus, how salty is the salt, in

the meantime we're breaking another historical record for the Polonez and finally

we choose the worst possible road from Bolivia to

Chile, suckers in off-road trucks, we drive

Polonez Listen, we reached Lap after spending a long time

Naan, it's hard to get back to Peru and we'll see how it goes now, because there was a huge traffic jam here,

in fact, we spent a long time

there We spent there mainly because that their traditional burping system was broken

, just entering and leaving the country, so the lady

fought with it for half an hour, then gave up and said that a cashier

who knew how to make kaiser rolls had to come, i.e. the shift manager, who fixed it and it worked, and

then that was it The customs officer just

told me that when he was young, he used a taxi like this, so

we can cross it perfectly without any problems, as far as the border is concerned,

the last

boss is idiots in trucks who don't know what two-way traffic is. and

they block the crossing of the border so it is impossible to cross it anyway

we reached Lap and Lap it is a city worth coming to

see and not coming back anyway Something behind me is best illustrated by the whole of Lapaz - a

colonial building with a strange dystopian skyscraper above it and it

looks like this here, everywhere the architecture is completely mixed up in an

absolutely completely random way, the cables are tangled in huge knots, the trade

generally takes place mainly on the street. What's more, even if you have a normal store,

this store still has its stall because people prefer to buy on the street,

probably the most interesting there are city buses because the city buses are old Dodges

converted into buses, you will ask why? Well, there are a lot of really sharp climbs throughout Lapas

and everything apart from the main

entrance highway are steeply uphill roads, so you need small, relatively light

buses with a V8 that has a lot of newton meters and brutally there

Let go up the hill and that's basically what it comes down to, the street traffic consists mainly

of traffic jams and such collections of

bus routes carrying people and basically one big bullshit which

is especially intensified by the fact that Lap is actually located in a very

steep hill ending in the Valley, so the center is at the bottom and the outlying

districts are on the slopes of the mountains, so the only way to get around there sensibly

is by cable cars, so here you have, for example, quite

civilized cable cars that look like our ski lifts. There

are quite a lot of cable cars in the city because 10 lines and most importantly,

they are the only thing here that looks to be in relatively good condition, but I take back

what I said because I see that the cable cars are jammed and people

are hanging in the carriages above the ground. They can't do anything Wow, look at

it briefly Lap no I recommend it because it is depressing,

there is no civilized district here, of course,

I have already been disappointed with this capital of Bolivia. I forgot to tell you

the most important fact that it is the highest capital in the world,

probably 3600 or 3800 meters above sea level. I am attacked by pigeons after this

short a stay to run errands and get some sleep and wash ourselves in a warm

shower, we're going to the wilder parts of Bolivia, somewhere where there will probably

be no Aga caliente, i.e. hot water, but

[Music] there will be

[Applause] with Lapas we set off for the south of Bolivia

and while Lap and especially El Alto make a very bad impression, it turned out

that the further we moved away from one of the two capitals of Bolivia

, the better and more civilized it became. First of all, the roads that are here

, at least this road, this one, was a really good road for a long time

time it was almost a two-lane highway and even the villages we passed along

the way simply looked better and more civilized. Maybe apart from

the ring road about the pipe which was quite nasty but at least not very

full of holes, but there were two difficulties that we had to overcome,

the first difficulty which started already in Lap it's a matter of buying fuel in

Bolivia because you must know that in Bolivia the government subsidizes fuel for its citizens,

it's cheap for locals, but if you have a car with foreign plates,

the price is doubled and you'll think, OK, so they charge more and you fill up. Well,

in theory, yes. The first station didn't work because the lady from European

countries only had Portugal, so she wasn't allowed to sell exo fuel,

I drove to the second station and said okay, that's the price of exo, the ladies couldn't

change the price in the system, but somehow it didn't work,

so the lady kindly said, okay, she refueled. she started an unequal fight with

the system to change my price to the price for extran heroes, which is almost

two and a half times higher. Unfortunately, she didn't succeed, she flooded it as it was and

just took the money in cash, he invoice, so we have some coverage for now.

of course, the fuel is 91 octane,

the second difficulty, of course, is because I planned that we would travel 550 km and that

it would be 7 hours, a good route. Polonez had to say that

you can hear the pump running and there is no fuel. Polonez, cables and holes in

South America, and at some point the pump stopped working. fuel in

one of the holes So you can hear that the pump is running and the car is empty, at least

strange, but a simple way to check about [__]

there is no

fuel there is no fuel the filter is clogged or the pump is fucked up or some

pipe is clogged with crap something something like that

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already But listen. It looks like I repaired it. After disassembling half

the car, I discovered that most likely the valve in the mechanical pump that

serves as a tee was broken, which is why it started to get

stuck in it, and then I figured it out after I disconnected the power from the pump that

served as a tee, suddenly the pump sucked in fuel without any problems, so I

concluded that this is what happened, but we'll see, let it come for a while,

and all this to get to exactly where. To get to Uuni Uuni is

a town in the south of Bolivia, next to the largest salt lake. which in

a moment, but above all, the place where we could finally take

the Polonez to the scrapyard, uuni itself is not some amazingly fascinating

small town with good food, which is not obvious in this

region, a very nice place. But now let's talk about what

stands behind me so that you can understand what here you can see around, I have to tell you

briefly about the history of UNI Well, at the end of the 19th century, it became a very important

trading and transshipment point as well as an industrial point for

the mines surrounding this place, therefore a railway network was developed here, primarily

for the purpose of mining, transporting raw materials and so on, and it was even planned

that a huge Let's call it I don't know what to call it a railway junction,

a lot of trains of locomotives and so on were ordered in Great Britain, but in

the 1940s there were problems between borders with neighboring countries

and, above all, there was a collapse of the mining industry and Suddenly

it turned out that there was supposedly over a hundred of all this equipment here, that everything that was

standing here was no longer needed, there were towns with tens of thousands of people

devoted primarily to mining, which were also in decline, are now deserted,

and people who suddenly lost their jobs, lost their money, lost everything,

not even did they play scrapping? Or did they just sell it all and

simply take these wagons, take these locomotives and throw

them away outside the city and that's how it's been since the 1940s

until today and you'll think to yourself, well, it's just a normal scrapyard, it's actually nice

to visit an abandoned one. trains Well, unfortunately, this

train cemetery has become a tourist attraction. I am standing, as you can see, next to

the most beautiful tourist attraction of this place. It is written here to

enjoy and preserve this piece of heaven on earth. Scrapyard. This is heaven on earth.

as you can see in Bolivia, they have already discovered that the best way to visit scrapyards will be

now I will pretend that I know about trains wagon from the times of fascination with the so-called

streamline, i.e. the construction of both trains and vehicles that for the

first time were to be made with streamlined aerodynamics in mind, so you can

see that he it's very smooth from the outside.

Whatever you call it, it's very smooth,

I'll weld those very tidal lines. Unfortunately, there's

only a shell left here because everything was stolen by scrap metal scrappers, like most of the

scrap yard, but you can still admire the remnants of the souvenirs from the 1940s and

some of the first attempts. aerodynamics in vehicles comes from the same line, for

example Poland, if I remember correctly, or Torpedo from the same trend.

By the way, I really like that A Piece of Heaven on Earth, if

you look here, there are toilets because a good two-piece is a real pleasure, there are

also garbage bins, I really like it I like them much more than the fact that

when it comes to the people I will talk to here, most often they will be, for

example, British retirees who are wondering, or rather

disgusted, traveling for two months in some South America,

buying a comfortable trip in air conditioning, also Unfortunately, if you expect that

you will go away to a train scrapyard and it will simply be

a scrapyard, unfortunately [__] it is already a tourist attraction with all

the disadvantages of tourist attractions. However, I fully understand the inhabitants of this city

have something like this at hand, people found out about it, why should they not

earn money, but it makes them lose money in magic, that's why I prefer toilets and garbage cans.

Listen, but it's not like these toilets and this inscription are here by

accident, because until now, all these trains were shitted and

still are shitty, that's why they put toilets so that people would stop [__] to use the trains.

if you were wondering whether you can [__] take it to a parcel locker, I won't answer that

question, but as you can see, is it possible to shit in a locomotive, the Bolivians have checked that

it is possible. And apart from that, I'm afraid that here I won't be able to throw the Polonez to

the scrap yard because it's at tourist attractions with I don't think

you should throw away garbage at the stalls, so we'll go to the next wilderness, maybe there

we'll be able to get it [Applause]

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scrap it, we've arrived, no, they've teleported, well, almost to the middle of the salt lake,

that's all that's below me it's salt

Anyway, bleh Oh Jesus, how salty, it's salt, I took the Polonez to the

salt lake to rot, since it couldn't be scrapped by the trains,

we went to the salar de uuni and we came here not only to rot

the Polonez, but also to check how much Polonez it will go riding on the

[Music] lake, for now we have 110 Let's see if

we can go so that there is more with the wind Look someone, someone is

catching the foot

Waving ok, let's assume that it counts as

130, taking into account that Książkowa is 155, pretending that the meter in the Polonez is not

talking fart Well, that's not the worst result. I would like to remind you that this is not the maximum

normal speed of the Polonez, but first of all, I set the ignition to ear, and

secondly, we are further away, so it absolutely does not have its full

power. Second thing, I wanted to check if it is possible to spin tops on salt, it's time

to try it. the tradition of this canal was Bocz on the Saar, now there will be Bocz on

the salt lake, you'll see if it works at all

Oh, it's going to be

difficult

, fuck, it's terribly, terribly sticky, this

salt, I can't lose traction [Music]

wow, it sticks better than asphalt, you can't turn them with a Polonez Unfortunately, there are

strange things TOZ, if we're talking about something,

Salar Deu Uni is the largest salt lake and salt pan in the world, for example,

to get to this mountain of cacti and in total, the islands of cacti behind us, we had to

drive for an hour in fifth gear, we traveled according to the odometer. I

'll tell you in a moment how much because they refueled us just before Well, after 80 km straight on the salt, the impression

is completely amazing. The perspective is different, everything is different,

it's so bright that you can't see without dark glasses, and you can't survive

without a hat on your head. Because it will fry you in no time. it is simply amazing

although it is already partially civilized, for example, you

literally have roads covered with salt, paved by Fury cars that drive here and you normally travel on

the road at 100 km/h, apparently there are accidents here, we even saw one

chapel, that someone fell asleep and hit another one because here you drive straight all the time

like that Really, you might as well eat your hair You might

as well not even drive on the road, just across it Oh yes, by the azimuth, but with

this azimuth there is such a problem that everywhere you look there is salt and only

salt in general Great, I hope that Polonium will rot and we will let's move

on Polonez on the lake did you ever drive Polonez on the lake Well, I was just

thinking that

not unless it won't start, give the whore honey

a check here, in fact, we only arrived for two reasons. Firstly, there is a colorful volcano behind us

and secondly, because there are people behind me. there are rubbles

which were obviously used for driving on this salt lake and they are perfectly

rotten, they are actually less rotten than after the winter in Poland, but

they are beautiful and you can even get on the bus, I mean, you can't, but you can look there.

There is a Subaru, maybe it's always called it's 4 for C it's rotten it's completely rotten like

in Poland I don't recognize it there was also

a Nelson bus what kind of bus is it also nice

nels I don't know the brand at all but it's

perfect and in general it's rotten at the back on the hatch so completely unusual Well it's

a beautiful local I expected it to be apart from the alpacas I'll find

some more rubble here And what is this

[Music] Nissan, it's really

a bus, it's full of interior and

the keys, I mean, don't steal it, that's basically all I have to tell you, because we

still have to get back somehow, and I think we need to wash the Polonez, because after all There is a terrifying amount of salt

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the section of our adventure with the salt pan, aka the Wuni salt lake,

at the local car wash where you can wash the chassis there on the canal, the gentleman has already

washed the chassis thoroughly with all the accessories, and as you can see, he also washed me

thoroughly. I think I don't need to wash myself today. tomorrow, why does it smell like gasoline,

let's start with where we are anyway Well, we are on the lagoon road, this

is the next day on the lagoon road, which is mainly driven by 4C cars or

motorcycles We, on the other hand, will try to overcome it with the Polonez, yes,

lubricate your ears carefully, otherwise they may not fall off this time, overall, it's

great fun because we started our trip to Laguna Colorado and the lagoon route

by finding out that station number 1 has no fuel at all, the second station

said they don't fill up with extrano, so we're going to the next one, which the lady

said, and fortunately, it's probably not the one where we were that apparently there was

a place to fill up the tank with Extran Hero Well, we'll see [ __ ] we'll see The best thing is that we

refueled yesterday at exactly the same station for the price for Extran Hero sin

invoice And today the explanation was that their invoicing system doesn't work No

level of bullshit It's true amazing I suspect that there is a boss and she couldn't

just cut the fuel because today is Monday Listen, the fourth

station today This time it's a state-owned one so I hope it will work because at the next one

they told me that they can't pay the invoice and that they don't fill up the Hero screen at all

that is, Exan Hero is only refueled on Sunday. Listen, at the fourth

state station, there was a policeman standing there, a man from the staff, coming over. Oh, my dear, the price

for Exo 8 with a hook. And you need an invoice, and I say I may not need it,

and he says, well, yes, I say because I have a canister o no no The police are nearby s

And yes, next to the policeman I bought Z7 fuel on the left Welcome to Bolivia friend

and anyway we are going that way now a very important matter in this area already

Google doesn't work so we switch to Open Street Maps which seems to

know a little better where we should go because we will be driving on

roads that Google doesn't know, but by the way we discovered that we have a new

failure, as the ppka didn't want to cooperate,

so now it's completely falling apart urine bag AK Look how

it's pouring out, it smells of gasoline because the vent was probably clogged with

crap to such an extent that when we stood sideways, gasoline was pouring out in a

stream and now it can be vented, it sounds

perfect and here I took out the compressor and because there is a lot of gravel and sand so

I lower the pressure in the tires, the tire with lower pressure is wider,

so it sinks less in the sand, at about one and a half

bars for now, the main problem that awaits us on this road of the lagoons, from what we can already

see, it is gravel in some places, it is compacted in some places it is such

gravel that we can bury ourselves, but at the same time our ground clearance is so

bad that we will be rubbing on cups of gravel, for now it is still

passable, we will see what will happen next, whether there will be whole patches of sand, so it is

a certain challenge, probably better than the road to death that they avoided. miy because it's

a tourist route, because here you actually have to fight the machine and not just make sure

not to overheat the brakes, so we'll see if we can get

to the border of Bolivia and Chile this way. O [ __ ] I don't know if it was the right road, the one

I chose, but it's hard we are flying along the Lagoon road and I already know that here

you have to listen to

Colin flat Either you go with fire or you don't

go

at all I keep telling myself that we will bury ourselves somewhere but the only way

not to bury ourselves is to go with fire all the time

There is no other choice Have you ever wondered how it looks like paradise

Paris Dakar Polonaise, that's how it's behind us There's dust everywhere I have dust

in my face in my ass in the car in the air filter in everything here

it's even floating somewhere I don't know if you can see it in the camera anyway it's only 200 km to

the border we'll make it I

hope maybe you'll see on the road there will probably be some Land Cruisers

and Hilux's, they don't give up on this car at all,

whoever brakes loses, you can't have mercy on

the cart here, caj, we're supposedly here They all reach the village Wait a minute,

so,

okay, question Which branch? now

one [__] probably fourth gear 65 km per

hour 4000 meters above sea level polone dr Listen, we are just

reaching the end of the first special stage

in Wija Mar, there is even a medical

point, everything

is in order Oh [__] so I think we went,

probably

the fee,

we have a breakdown the first one on the lagoon road will probably put on

a cover because I had to use the second fan

in Tychy, we were driving on the first bike, maybe

petrol, I already told you, in total in Bolivia it is 91 octane of quite poor

quality, currently we have a lot of climbs on the 1st one at 4500 Meter, we are clearly catching

Vapor lock, that's my impression so the gasoline is boiling Let's see if

I add an additive, we have one here from Liola that increases the octane,

will it help us? No one said that it would be

easy on the road to the lagoons and without any adventures. Now it's going like crazy. Well, I don't

expect it to be like a rocket. I'll admit it honestly.

that I absolutely did not expect that

it could change so much I thought that it would improve something there

But [ __ ] that it would actually feel like that Maybe we'll make it

to Laguna Colorado [ __ ] and we won't sleep Like animals

in Polonaise

4590 Well, slowly We're getting close to the top of this

pass 4650 Oh, you're

almost there,

you can do it [ __ ] it's more difficult

than the larada because of that shitty snake, I mean, now it's going somehow, but because of the shitty roads,

it's more difficult [ __ ] the action than the roundabout

4660 4660 we had a lot of food as you can see,

not at all We stopped twice now I don't know which branch [__]

it looks good, what do you think about it Let's hope it doesn't

run through the dirt, we'll go a little further, he could talk to you because we don't have

conditions

, I'm sorry tomorrow due to problems with the Polonez

Unfortunately, we're a bit in a hurry, the sun is setting, we

don't have a place to stay yet, it turned out that the road we were supposed to take to

stay overnight is [ __ ] not working. Something stupid, some stupid thing

at the entrance to the national park, but

[ __ ] a woman for a stinking room. in a warehouse with stinking beds

she wanted 100 bolivars, i.e. PLN 60 Well [ __ ], so we prefer to sleep in Polonez

I will also add that entry here at all Attention costs 300 bolivars only

PLN 150 We paid 150 bolivars per person, i.e. almost PLN 200, which is quite

absurd considering that trucks from

the mine are driving here Look what views I don't know if you can see it, that hawthorn millet

we are driving up to the highest point of this

route I think we are going down here How many was

444 almost Welcome to our camp in the middle of

nowhere here our hostel is heated by

[Music] LPG is here it's

a bit of a mess but we're alive and somehow we get

cell reception from time to time, so I even managed to send

a photo of my car via WhatsApp to buy insurance for Chile, which

we're entering tomorrow. I also think he's a very good hos pedach. It's like altitude sickness,

I don't know what. this is it and what we wish with this nice accent Good night I guess because

we are already talking pointlessly a bit we don't envy you a normal bed at all

you envy us the end of the world we

have exactly reached the Colorado Lagoon but it wasn't that easy

before I tell you about the Lagoon I will tell you about Korad about the road to it Well,

we decided that we would take up the actimela's challenge and drive the Polonez through something

they drive on. In fact, it was Toyota Land Cruisers, Toyota Hilux and trucks.

We spent the night in Polonez on some strange descent towards this

colorful lake at

4,800 m. At night there was us3. So much good that we had LPG to heat up

inside the Polonez, we slept like animals and by the way we discovered that we had

a minor breakdown, namely our grill fell off but luckily we were helped by

the Bolivian driver of the Land Cruiser who was arriving at the time he had screws with him

so we started the new day with coffee and feeling like shit and

we started sliding towards Laguna on such gravel that

even when we were going down we managed to cross that much uphill, probably without a chance.

We also turned into Engineers. Because we dug a passage there,

it was more for flat things, but I see that the passage is

[ __ ] Heh, I guess we'll have to do

civil engineering ,

it's working nicely here. We've arrived

at a great disappointment because all our effort was to see some

salt and pink and red mud, so the operation was a success, fortunately,

don't worry, it's not the end of the fun, now we have to go back to that one.

go back to the main road and reach the border we have 98 km according to

What worries me First of all, there are so many gravel patches that I won't be surprised if we get

buried and need help, and there is also a driveway to the Pass,

so if the driveway is gravel, we can already go from the top assume that we won't

drive up, so we'll see how it works out. It's good that the Polones is still alive. We'll see

miracles

.

drive through

a road not

intended

for driving on such

roads

. the air fuel

was cooler and maybe it will help we are already

close to

4690 looks like the road to the border wiia Chile that's how

it is

great it's awesome but fortunately the last 700 meters of this

shit If you ever come up with a stupid idea to go to the lagoon road,

it's not like that at all wonderful when it comes to views, you can see the same from

the countryside, but it's a fucking struggle with the car and

gravel If you like rolling in gravel, I recommend it If you like being clean, it

wasn't worth it [__] it wasn't there and now it's the best place because We're entering to

Chile and right behind the Chile sign the asphalt begins.

It's a disaster. We arrive at the border and then the border control starts again.

I arrive at a Bolivian road with a sign saying "migration".

Bolivia gravel road We enter Chile and suddenly

it turns out that there is something like an asphalt road We reach the

border control And there is a border control there, just like in Europe, normally

with a search and

air conditioning Without any mess, everything in

order, everything checked thoroughly ours didn't get too damaged, but

they checked the scanner and they had it. And we entered Chile, we go down the road to San

Pedro de Atacama. And we have a road like in Europe, there are normal

emergency exits for trucks in the mountains, nice wide asphalt. It's

just Skip. It's amazing and totally

abstract. I don't know if Chile will let us in anywhere at all, in the state

we're in, we need to somehow manage the Internet and, above all, wash ourselves, that

's probably the number one task, and then tomorrow we'll have to check the Polonez in terms of

how badly it got hurt because of driving on that road of lagoons which I told you about

I absolutely do not recommend it and I will tell you about it

[Music] in a moment

. If you were wondering what was the technical cost of driving through

the lag road, I am surprised how small it was because in fact the Polonez bravely

endured this crossing and it was still a pipe and

they jumped out even on the jump. For the first time in my life, I jumped out so rudely on

the jump without letting off the gas at all, but luckily the armored cover of the sump from

the Ceska was durable, we still have the oil pan and we still have the engine. The only thing is the

already mentioned unscrewed grill, which is currently in place. And actually, it's

a small thing that we'll probably fix. only in Uruguay or today I will be able to

dive and improve it a bit. Our exhaust broke slightly and it is blowing slightly.

Considering what was happening on this route, he made a mockery of it at little cost. And when

we reached Chile, it turned out that once again, South America

is a very small continent. because by a complete accident, like the pump pump, the wheels came back,

because the pump pump put them back on the asphalt, and what is that thing in

the mirror, but you'll see it soon