Trip Summary and Accident Report Ocuri, Bolivia to Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tuesday morning, while driving La Paz to Potosi Bolivia I had an unfortunate accident. While driving through town on a relatively nice road I approached an intersection, like so many millions here it is crowded and unmetered... There is a minivan filled with about 16 passengers (normal here, they pay 1 Boliviano (12 cents) to go where ever) waiting to make a u-turn. I make eye contact with the driver - I know he sees me - there is a taxi parked in the right lane just past the intersection. Just as I approach the rear of the taxi the mini-van accelerates hard right into my left side pile driving me broadside into the driver's door of the parked taxi. I become moto-sandwich and catch the mini-van's bumper in the left foot and lower leg. My luggage and crash bars absorb all the impact with the taxi and beat the hell out of it so my right leg is completely protected. Momentum carries the moto forward a few feet where gravity takes over and I come to an abrupt and complete horizonta...