Route suggestion Arica - Buenos Aires
I'll be in Arica today or tomorrow and will need to head back to Buenos to ship out.
I'm trying to decide between going the Peru/Bolivia route (Tacna-La Paz-Oruro-Potosi-Villazon) and then onto BA vs. dropping down highway 5 in Chile back to San Pedro and then crossing into Argentina through Susques and then onto Salta and BA.
Although I can, I don't really do ripio (I reckon I'd gladly ride 3km tarmac to avoid 1km ripio) so this will all largely be with the main roads.
Is there anything to recommend the Peru/Bolivia route? I'm guessing it's more effort given it's Peru and Bolivia, but would that effort be worth it? Also is that route along some silly altitude where I need to take a few days to adjust (can't get map of Bolivia for love nor money here)? If the route above is nothing special, it seems I might as well take it easy and stay in Chile.
Thanks in advance for any tips.
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