Anton: Again!
Nastya: Good God! You're still tossing?
Anton: I've hit heads 10 times in a row!
Nastya: You're not gonna cheat are you?
Anton: Heads again. Want to toss for it here?
Nastya: Now?
Anton: We're flying over Bolivia. C'mon!
Nastya: All right, let's do it.
Anton: Heads!
Nastya: Tails.
Anton: Buckle up Bolivia!
Nastya: Well… Congratulations!
Anton: It is tails.
Nastya: Thanks for waking me up. Well worth it.
Now if you excuse me.
Anton: Just sleep.
Hidden high up in the mountains is Bolivia – land of Native Americans.
Week-end adventure in Bolivia gets as breakneck as you can handle.
The city in the middle of a volcano's crater...
and the saltiest place on Earth!
Traditional costume wearing ladies walk the streets…
all awhile 1,000 year old mummies have better pedicure than you.
There are spiky islands here…
as well as matchbox looking buildings!
A tourist with money in Bolivia has to see Salar de Uyuni,
the world's largest salt flat.
Last time Lesya visited salt flat she did not have time
to show you everything it has to offer.
Cactus Island.
Caves with mummies.
Hotels built from salt.
I hope in 2 days I don't run out of time too.
Only a rich person can afford this tour: cheapest airfare,
SUV rental, hotel, food and guides
all total well over $2,000.
I barely walked out of the airport.
I feel extremely dizzy. Can barely feel my legs under me.
We landed in an airport that is 4050 meters above the sea level.
I feel like vomiting. Headache and dizziness are terrible.
These are all first symptoms of high altitude sickness.
4066 meters. I need to get to La Paz before I keel over.
The air at this altitude contains twice less oxygen.
My system is shocked by a sudden flip of the switch.
Locals seem to be fine at this altitude.
Look she's even smiling!
I don't even remember getting in the van.
It feels like hangover from an epic 3-day bash followed by 3 hours of rollercoaster.
My Bolivian adventure. Helluva start.
While Anton struggled with mountain sickness,
I landed at Uyuni salt flat.
No Bolivian trip is imaginable without native folk music.
For $400 I get a guide who also plays tunes! Meet William!
Don't think I'll be bored.
This dusty Land Cruiser will be my chariot of steel for the next 2 days.
I didn't expect such abrupt change in my health.
Your legs become wobbly. You're feeling headache,
shortness of breath and dizziness.
I began feeling better as we were nearing La Paz.
Now that I can see, I can observe the scenery.
Being 500 meters lower in altitude makes a world of difference!
Much better.
The first order of business in La Paz is storing plenty of water.
The thirst is reminiscent of hangovers,
one of the symptoms for high altitude sickness.
Doctors recommend staying hydrated, drinking sweet soda pop
and taking acet#@$
acetyl-salicylic acid AKA aspirin.
All of the above will help improve blood circulation.
It takes a couple of days for your body
to adjust to this altitude,
too bad in 2 days I'll be in another town.
Here it is! Salar de Uyuni!
Nature's astounding creation.
It feels like I'm in the middle of Antarctic surrounded by frozen ocean.
I'll take that back. This feels like driving on a heaven's cloud towards the Pearly Gates!
This is all salt! That's incredible!
I'm standing on a salt flat 10 meters thick!
It's hard to believe that 40,000 years ago this used to be an enormous lake.
It became the world's largest salt flat after it dried.
Nature works in mysterious ways!
After the rain season, salt flat becomes covered by a layer of water,
which makes it look like a mirror. This is how Lesya saw it.
When it is dry, it looks like moon surface.
Scientists cannot explain the reason why salt dries in a shape of large cells.
This was the first wonder that I saw here. This place makes me feel euphoric! I feel like I can fly!
La Paz is not your average mountain town.
It was built inside of a dead volcano's crater.
From a small Indian village it grew into a metropolis.
Locals like to use red bricks for construction and rarely apply dry wall.
It makes the city look like a brick factory warehouse from above.
One thing I did not expect to see in La Paz were the skyscrapers.
You would think that a city that high above sea level would keep their buildings short,
yet there is plenty of high-rise commercial real estate.
Like a mini New York in the mountains!
What can I say about La Paz?
This town is unique.
I feel right away that I am halfway across the globe;
exotic things are seemingly everywhere I look.
La Paz is a true Native American metropolis. Check out this street art!
Real Indians from Quechua and Aymara tribes walk the streets too.
Their President is also 100% Native American.
Finding a supermarket in La Paz is impossible.
Street vendors sell everything: sodas, chips and even uncooked pasta.
President Evo Morales despises US made goods.
He promotes drinking moca cinco instead of Coca-Cola.
It is a traditional dried peach compote.
The bus stops in the city are very weird.
I can hop on this seat, but this has to be hard for locals who are generally shorter.
A senior person would need a trampoline.
Or they would have to be a pole-vaulter like Bubka.
La Paz has plenty of weird things to see.
This is not a traffic light. It's a sun meter.
Because of high altitude, more ultraviolet rays reach the surface, so this meter shows the current sun level.
Right now the light is red, meaning that current level is high.
There are also dangerous and extreme levels.
I would not want to see an extreme sun level in La Paz.
Thought alone scares me.
Uyuni salt flat is enormous! It is larger than Cyprus!
2 days are not enough to unravel all of its mysteries, but I'll give it my best try.
Here is a salt flat miracle #2. William take it away!
Behold the Cactus Island!
No animal, plant or insect can survive in the salt flat.
These spiky dudes do not seem to care though!
Cactuses survived here for centuries because they can gather water from the morning dew.
Each year a cactus grows about a centimeter, which makes this big boy about 1,500 years old!
Hardly a room plant.
This island also serves as the only 360-degree observation area.
It's pretty! Maybe a bit windy, but I'm fine! Feels fresh!
La Paz is known for an extreme ride that even I can afford with my $100.
This is Urban Rush!
Oh, dear mother!
I'm outta here! No! No! No!
Are you insane?
Urban Rush is a breakneck Spiderman style descent from 17 stories high.
Holy mackerel! Ride ends with a freefall jump from the sixth floor.
Can I please not do this? I'm not a Spiderman.
Did you see how that guy bounced off the wall?
My knees are shaking badly.
I want to turn around and leave.
Nastya did a tower bungee jump AND a mountain creek one.
I can't go out like a pussy!
Cool thing about Urban Rush is that they let you choose a costume for your leap.
They have Spiderman, Santa and even an Angel suit with wings!
I'm off that. Kinda like living.
Here is Urban Rush attire circa 2018!
Not doing it dressed as bacon! You know I cannot eat pork!
Not even a word!
I chose Joker suit.
He does not have superpowers, but he's impudent and full of confidence.
I could use some of that right now.
I like how they give you a tiny helmet on those rides.
Like that's gonna brace the fall.
Smells like alcohol. Should I?
This is really high!
I'm walking down a wall!
Guys this is petrifying! I'm scared out of my mind.
Nastya, I am doing this for you.
While I'm up here, I just want to say I love you Heads and Tails!
To our producers, everyone involved with this project!
I completely forgot about a freefall jump in the end.
Dude that was so scary! Get over here!
Hugs for everyone! I am alive! Holy shit!
This has to be scarier than bungee,
because there you only have to take one step
and then you have zero control.
Here I had to tilt my body at a 90-degree angle
and look down the whole time.
Then you have to start moving and that's the scariest part!
Glad I did it.
Saying that standing on the ground. It was totally worth it!
William started playing a sad tune on his flute,
which means we have arrived at salt flat miracle spot #3 – a cave with mummies.
Here it is the cave we came here for.
This place is eerie. Mummies are staring at you from everywhere in this Coquesa cave.
These are the remains of Native Americans.
Three grown-ups and two children.
Their mouth are open as if they died screaming in pain.
They are all laying in a fetus position.
The 1st mystery is how the mummies got here.
Coquesa Indians believed Tunupa volcano to be a Mother Goddess and buried the dead at the foothill to ensure for good harvest.
I dig their logic.
Mystery #2 – why haven't remains turned into dust in 1,500 years?
Even the cloth and skin remained undamaged.
You can even see pedicure on some mummies!
That is another one of salt flat's wonders.
When people were buried, salt drained and absorbed all of their body fluids.
Dry as a bone.
Bolivians are very superstitious.
Even here, they made an area where visitors bring
coco leaves, cigarettes, money and alcohol.
These are offerings to the dead.
I don't believe in spirits, but I want to leave a memento of my own.
There are not many hostels and cheap hotels
to choose from in La Paz so I'll take what I can get.
Here it is - Hostel 3600. I picked it because of the title.
The hostel is located 3600 meters above sea level hence the name.
Looks like a 3* hotel lobby.
Price of accommodation is $15.
It includes breakfast, a roommate
who looks like a 70s pornstar
and a 3-storie bunkbed.
Don't try this at home!
Even a hotel at Salar de Uyuni is remarkable.
I'll let William play his tune and tell you all about it.
This is ridiculous! I've never seen anything like this.
Hotel de Sal Luna Salada is made entirely with bricks of salt that are kept together by a unique salty compound.
Salt is on the ceiling and it's on the floor.
It really is salt.
Hi! I'm sorry, I've never seen that in my life!
I need your hotel's best suite. #1!
Crème de la crème! Hot like fire! OK?
This is like being inside a giant saltshaker!
I really like what they did stylistically.
Fells authentic and prehistoric. Very unique.
Oh, Thank God! I was worried that this floor would be all salt as well.
There's some salt, but I love standing on solid surface.
Looks very neat, plenty of light. Lovely view!
Finally! No buildings in sight!
Everything is made of salt, even the couch.
If you lift cushions, it is all salt! The bed too.
Look under the mattress. The table, all walls, the shelf
- pretty crazy!
All I need is a shot of tequila and some limes! Got plenty of salt!
This is salt too!
Locals told me that the best cure for high altitude sickness is a soup called Caldo de Cardan.
You can get it just about anywhere.
Here's my Caldo de Cardan soup!
Allegedly, this soup can improve male potency AND it will help with my mountain sickness! Win-win!
Stew is very thick. I see chicken, beef, plenty of meat.
Huge boiled egg.
Blend of local herbs and spices.
Tastes kinda funny. I don't think those meats mix well.
I just ate a piece of pure fat, not meat. Not even close.
Looks like a joint, tastes like fat. Disgusting.
I wonder what it is.
A bull?
Right here?
I'm about to puke.
Did I just eat a bull's ding-dong?
That was a bull's male part. Shit!
Sometimes I feel remorseful.
Look at me Sasha. We're in this together.
We ate octopus and we did the Urban Rush!
I need your support bro!
I can't be the only one who ate this crap.
Just a small piece. We're team, right? Sanya?
C'mon man! Just a tiny bit! That's just not fair.
Too bad for you Antoha.
I will not choke on genitalia soup.
I'll be having my exquisite dinner in the middle of a salty amplitude.
The signature dish is llama meat.
Why llama? Because it's the only animal that can survive here.
Llamas are Bolivia's National animal, which does not stop them from eating it.
This steak is grilled medium. Tastes a bit rough because there's barely any fat.
Although, this meat is high in protein so it's rather healthy.
Llama's meat sounds fancy yet it simply tastes like well-prepared beef.
Not exactly a discovery of America that I expected.
If you've made it through the day in La Paz
you feel like a superhero.
All I want is to crash at an altitude of 3,600…
wait, 3,602 meters above sea level.
Sasha you know where your bunk is.
I would wish you sweet dreams
if it weren't so salty around. Good night
How sweet it is. Good morning Nastya. Rich girl Nastya.
I decided to visit El Alto that is only 12 kilometers away from La Paz.
I can even get there on public transportation.
Not many cities can rival landscapes of La Paz, but mountains create a multitude of commuting problems.
Instead of metro Bolivians built a cable cars system called Mi Teleférico.
This high-grade network currently has six route lines.
The city plans to expand to about 20 of them.
Mi Teleférico even allows you to travel between towns.
Tickets for Teleférico look like lottery tickets.
3 boliviano each. 6 total.
This year Mi Teleférico made the Guinness Book of World Records.
It is 30 kilometers in length!
Incredible that people get to see this twice a day
when they are going to work. Beats a subway tunnel for sure.
I'm missing breakfast to hide our little compliment.
So, if you're ever in Bolivia look for a crispy new $100 inside this bottle.
Here are the coordinates – go to Uyuni salt flat,
face Hotel de Sal Luna Salada,
find 6th window to the right.
Our treasure is hidden under a rock in front of it.
Oh, that made me dizzy.
Next time I'll bring an oxygen mask.
This is the first time ever I took cable cars to travel between cities.
Only in Bolivia baby! Hello El Alto!
The view looks surreal, because I'm in a transport that I've only seen at ski resorts.
Yet I travel horizontally right above the city street! Nice!
El Alto is famous for its architecture.
These flamboyant houses certainly don't lack bright colors.
They look like a variegated cross of native carpets and slot machines.
All of this is a plot of imagination of a hometown Gaudi. A self-taught architect. Freddy Mamani.
His Native American roots inspired his work.
Houses Aymara tribesmen called Ciao Lucca's are usually owned by a single family.
There's a store at the ground floor, a ballroom on the 2nd floor,
a warehouse on the 3rd and the family resides on the fourth.
See the balcony?
Locals love festivities,
so if you hear music don't be shy and join in the fun!
When salt flat cannot provide any more entertainment,
you have to improvise and make a few epic pics
without a drop of Photoshop.
What else is there to do, right?
This young lady is graduating, so a huge hall was rented out.
Look at the chandelier, cascade of cakes, and a lemonade fountain.
This graduation party trumps any wedding I've seen back home.
Beware there isn't too much food served.
Locals prefer their beer instead.
An entry ticket is a case, which you get on the 1st floor.
Believe it or not, this is my pass inside.
You have to drink as soon as you enter.
It is customary to pour out a little bit on the ground before you take your 1st sip.
Then you have to throw fake snow on hosts and wish them best of luck.
I'll take that. Only a half of case left.
After all official ceremonies are completed, the only thing left to do is dancing.
I uncovered another Uyuni's best kept secret on my 2nd day here.
Turns out this salt flat is also world's largest deposit of lithium.
Lithium is 21st Century's gold!
It is used in every battery – from your smartphone to a Tesla engine.
This salt desert holds about a trillion dollars' worth!!!
Lithium mining is well under way.
Maybe in 20th Reloaded season some other Nastya will show you rich and cool Bolivia!
But she certainly will not be able to show you such beauty!
Nothing screams Bolivia more than these Charlie Chaplin hat-wearing ladies do. Cholitas.
They always wear traditional ponchos and carry sacks called Aguayo.
They look like Russian dolls with ten sets of skirts on and a very distinctive walking style.
El Alto is famed for cholitas wrestling – a one of a kind show.
I love what they did with a poster!
My admission fee covers one popcorn, a return ticket to La Paz and two restroom passes.
This is a sellout. Locals are mixed with tourists.
Let's see what's up.
Is he the main draw? This is nuts!
When cholitas hit the ring, the crowd couldn't control its popcorn consumption.
All the flipping! All of these skirts!
Anyone can see that cholita fights are staged.
Look at that! It's staged, but they hit the floor hard. Look at that. No mercy!
Cholitas fighting is a weird cross between wrestling, drunken wedding fights and clownery.
Complete bedlam, yet I cannot look away!
Yes! The moment is here!
Festive background music please.
Not that one! Give me a good one.
Much better.
Dear all, I hereby declare this salt flat officially reloaded!
I hope you're at home clapping!
Not to brag, but it's the first time a Reloaded host
sets a flag up, so there!
This is 21st Century yet in Bolivia you feel like a true pioneer.
Where else would you find brightly dressed Indians next skyscrapers?
What other town can you get to by air?..
Everything here seems odd! Prehistoric land… prehistoric customs!..
Different food… water…even the sun here shines differently!
Just get here. It doesn't matter if you have a $100 or a gold card! You will fall in love with weird.
Nastya: Hi Tosha.
Anton: Hey dear!
Nastya: Did altitude kick your butt too?
Anton: I'm dying. You?
Nastya: It's nasty. I realized what the most precious gem is. Forget gold and diamonds. It's the oxygen for sure!
Anton: I so understand what you're saying! How about we fly to a place rich with oxygen?
Nastya: Can't wait.
Anton: Anywhere.
Anton: We'll see you all in the next town.
Nastya: Oxygen rich town. This is unbearable. Salt flat was flat and white.
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