Namaskaram 🙏🏽 Greetings form Kashi. It is very interesting you getting impressed by our Apus, Qhochakuna, Kachiqhochakuna and all Energie forms in Nature, and me myself getting impressed and touched by the Temples, Devas and Jotirlingams here in the holy city of Kashi. I even got to ring the bells at the Arati at the shore of Maa Ganga and had a Puja there. I am so blessed 🙏🏽 Thank you for the nice and impressive pictures and landscapes you shared with us. In this kind of environment, Nature touches you in a very special way. I wish every human could have that kind of experience, so that people value and protect more our Mother Nature. If you see that Sky in this colours and magnifisence as you showed in your picture, your ego gets small and your connection to Life and Existence grows .... it touches you in a very special way... Wish you all the best, good vibes... 🌺🙏🏽🌺
Buenas Tardes 🙏🏽. We were mesmerized by the nature of that Uyuni to Atacama. The wildlife along with the desert landscapes are something can’t be described. We don’t think our photos/videos could do the justice. I agree with you that the vastness makes you humble. As we travel more, people and nature provide us experience that we cannot always put in a CZcams video. May be will make a separate video to talk about some of those feelings. Again, interesting to hear from you about your explorations in India. If possible, share with us some literature about the divinity that you mentioned in your comment. It will be interesting to read. All the best, and as it is said in Costa Rica - Pura Vida 🙏🏽
@@ParadiseCatchers Namaskaram🙏🏽 I agree with you that pictures and films do not do any justice to such places, but at least they give an idea of what it is. A video where you talk about those feelings and impressions would be very interesting. The Divinities I mentioned are the natural formations : Apus or Apukuna are the Mountains, Jatun Apu Pachakamaq is the equivalent of Shiva and Pachamama the equivalent of Shakti, Qhochakuna are all big Waterbodies like Lakes and Oceans , Kachiqhochakuna are the Saltlakes. All formations in Nature with a strong energy are called Wak'as. Like the Sun and the Moon are Wak'as, we would understand a Lingam as a Wak'a, since it is a physical formation with much energy. So when you go to any place it is important to bow down to the Wak'as of the place, be humble and enter into a "masintin" relationship with them, meaning a harmonious relationship. That is the reason why traditionally in the Andes when people arrive somewhere, they do not just sit somewhere, we ask for permission first and often a little offering is made. It is done in such subtle ways, that western minds do not even notice. There is no much literature about these things, it is more tradition, that due to colonialism and a brutal inquisition had to be very discreet in order to survive..... Maybe one day we can meet in person and I can tell you more (this space here has its limitations 😉)
Thank you so much for the explanations! We understand the limitations and that is why, we asked if we can get hold of some literature. But we know what you are saying about tradition and being discreet. Yes, we will love those conversations, if it happens. Nevertheless, this is a good start!
Thank you for your suggestion. Yes, we absolutely want to visit Venezuela, however, the visa part is slightly tricky at the moment. May be in the future. :-)
@@ParadiseCatchers Visit central american countries like El Salvador, Hondurus, Belize etc. Crime rate has dropped drastically there you can check. In middle east travel to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, in Africa visit Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, if possible Libya. Currently Iran has halted visas but soon will resume when situation improves.
We visited El Salvador last year and loved the warmth of the people. You can check our El Salvador playlist on our channel here - czcams.com/play/PLKWMPDJfwS76AysX8xtNwICuuesELk9Nl.html We hope to visit Honduras and Belize in near future, the only 2 countries that we have not visited yet in Central America. Thank you for the suggestions, definitely, we like to visit the other countries that you have mentioned. Currently, our focus is on Latin America and soon our Chile, Argentina, Brazil videos will be up on our channel :-)
Great video. Can I ask as part of the border crossing at Hito Cajon, what documents you need to supply or prepare for the immigration control? I heard there is this SAG form that you need to fill for some food declaration or you need some QR code of that nature. Given you guys just recently crossed wonder what documents we need to prepare. Thanks
Hi Steven. Thanks. For the Bolivia-Chile border crossing at Hito Cajón, this is what we had to do: 1. Customs declaration on Bolivia side of the border: one member of the family had to go inside and do the formalities. There’s WiFi inside, I connected to that, opened the form and filled out the form online while standing in the queue. When it was my turn, I showed the declaration acknowledgement on my phone to the officer. Our Uyuni tour guide assisted me throughout the process. But it was only me standing at the queue and interacting with the officer at the counter. 2. Immigration office on Bolivia side of the border: Both of us entered the office and got the Bolivia exit stamps on our passports. We were told that they sometimes charge a few Bolivianos as exit fee. But nobody charged us anything for exit at Bolivia immigration office. 3. We were transferred from Bolivia number plate vehicle to Chile number plate vehicle, and we continued the drive until Chile customs and immigration office. 4. Our guide/driver inside the van (from Chile) handed out the paper forms for customs declaration. We filled those out in the bus before arriving at the customs and immigration office of Chile. 5(a): At Chile customs and immigration office: First was immigration, it was very smooth and we got the Chile entry stamps on our passports. We had with us handy our exit tickets from Chile and also our accommodation reservation of the first place in Chile. However nobody asked for those. One of us was asked to share the address of the place where we were going to stay in San Pedro de Atacama. 5(b): At Chile customs and immigration office: Then we had to wait until every piece of baggage of all passengers was hand checked. We had to be physically present in front of the officer when he/she was opening our bags for checking. We had also handed over the paper form (that we filled in the bus/van) to the customs officer. We did not bring any raw food item or no other item that is prohibited by customs or requires additional declaration. So we did not need to prepare any separate document apart from the ones mentioned above. Hope this helps. Have a wonderful trip! 😊
I feel one of the best post card destinations you 2 have visited so far.
Hehe…It is definitely one of the most interesting natural wonders that we have visited so far! 😀
Excellent video
Thank you!
Namaskaram 🙏🏽 Greetings form Kashi. It is very interesting you getting impressed by our Apus, Qhochakuna, Kachiqhochakuna and all Energie forms in Nature, and me myself getting impressed and touched by the Temples, Devas and Jotirlingams here in the holy city of Kashi. I even got to ring the bells at the Arati at the shore of Maa Ganga and had a Puja there. I am so blessed 🙏🏽
Thank you for the nice and impressive pictures and landscapes you shared with us. In this kind of environment, Nature touches you in a very special way. I wish every human could have that kind of experience, so that people value and protect more our Mother Nature. If you see that Sky in this colours and magnifisence as you showed in your picture, your ego gets small and your connection to Life and Existence grows .... it touches you in a very special way...
Wish you all the best, good vibes... 🌺🙏🏽🌺
Buenas Tardes 🙏🏽. We were mesmerized by the nature of that Uyuni to Atacama. The wildlife along with the desert landscapes are something can’t be described. We don’t think our photos/videos could do the justice. I agree with you that the vastness makes you humble. As we travel more, people and nature provide us experience that we cannot always put in a CZcams video. May be will make a separate video to talk about some of those feelings.
Again, interesting to hear from you about your explorations in India. If possible, share with us some literature about the divinity that you mentioned in your comment. It will be interesting to read.
All the best, and as it is said in Costa Rica - Pura Vida 🙏🏽
@@ParadiseCatchers Namaskaram🙏🏽
I agree with you that pictures and films do not do any justice to such places, but at least they give an idea of what it is.
A video where you talk about those feelings and impressions would be very interesting.
The Divinities I mentioned are the natural formations : Apus or Apukuna are the Mountains, Jatun Apu Pachakamaq is the equivalent of Shiva and Pachamama the equivalent of Shakti, Qhochakuna are all big Waterbodies like Lakes and Oceans , Kachiqhochakuna are the Saltlakes. All formations in Nature with a strong energy are called Wak'as. Like the Sun and the Moon are Wak'as, we would understand a Lingam as a Wak'a, since it is a physical formation with much energy. So when you go to any place it is important to bow down to the Wak'as of the place, be humble and enter into a "masintin" relationship with them, meaning a harmonious relationship. That is the reason why traditionally in the Andes when people arrive somewhere, they do not just sit somewhere, we ask for permission first and often a little offering is made. It is done in such subtle ways, that western minds do not even notice. There is no much literature about these things, it is more tradition, that due to colonialism and a brutal inquisition had to be very discreet in order to survive..... Maybe one day we can meet in person and I can tell you more (this space here has its limitations 😉)
Thank you so much for the explanations! We understand the limitations and that is why, we asked if we can get hold of some literature. But we know what you are saying about tradition and being discreet. Yes, we will love those conversations, if it happens. Nevertheless, this is a good start!
@@ParadiseCatchers Yes it is 😁
Visit Venezuela also in your tour
Thank you for your suggestion. Yes, we absolutely want to visit Venezuela, however, the visa part is slightly tricky at the moment. May be in the future. :-)
@@ParadiseCatchers Visit central american countries like El Salvador, Hondurus, Belize etc. Crime rate has dropped drastically there you can check. In middle east travel to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, in Africa visit Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, if possible Libya. Currently Iran has halted visas but soon will resume when situation improves.
We visited El Salvador last year and loved the warmth of the people. You can check our El Salvador playlist on our channel here - czcams.com/play/PLKWMPDJfwS76AysX8xtNwICuuesELk9Nl.html
We hope to visit Honduras and Belize in near future, the only 2 countries that we have not visited yet in Central America.
Thank you for the suggestions, definitely, we like to visit the other countries that you have mentioned.
Currently, our focus is on Latin America and soon our Chile, Argentina, Brazil videos will be up on our channel :-)
Great video. Can I ask as part of the border crossing at Hito Cajon, what documents you need to supply or prepare for the immigration control? I heard there is this SAG form that you need to fill for some food declaration or you need some QR code of that nature. Given you guys just recently crossed wonder what documents we need to prepare. Thanks
Hi Steven. Thanks.
For the Bolivia-Chile border crossing at Hito Cajón, this is what we had to do:
1. Customs declaration on Bolivia side of the border: one member of the family had to go inside and do the formalities. There’s WiFi inside, I connected to that, opened the form and filled out the form online while standing in the queue. When it was my turn, I showed the declaration acknowledgement on my phone to the officer. Our Uyuni tour guide assisted me throughout the process. But it was only me standing at the queue and interacting with the officer at the counter.
2. Immigration office on Bolivia side of the border: Both of us entered the office and got the Bolivia exit stamps on our passports. We were told that they sometimes charge a few Bolivianos as exit fee. But nobody charged us anything for exit at Bolivia immigration office.
3. We were transferred from Bolivia number plate vehicle to Chile number plate vehicle, and we continued the drive until Chile customs and immigration office.
4. Our guide/driver inside the van (from Chile) handed out the paper forms for customs declaration. We filled those out in the bus before arriving at the customs and immigration office of Chile.
5(a): At Chile customs and immigration office: First was immigration, it was very smooth and we got the Chile entry stamps on our passports. We had with us handy our exit tickets from Chile and also our accommodation reservation of the first place in Chile. However nobody asked for those. One of us was asked to share the address of the place where we were going to stay in San Pedro de Atacama.
5(b): At Chile customs and immigration office: Then we had to wait until every piece of baggage of all passengers was hand checked. We had to be physically present in front of the officer when he/she was opening our bags for checking. We had also handed over the paper form (that we filled in the bus/van) to the customs officer.
We did not bring any raw food item or no other item that is prohibited by customs or requires additional declaration. So we did not need to prepare any separate document apart from the ones mentioned above.
Hope this helps. Have a wonderful trip! 😊