As our last stop in Bolivia, we did a three-day jeep tour through the Salar de Uyuni and the surrounding countryside which ended in the north of Chile. Hundreds of gringos descend (or rather ascend– it’s pretty high up there) into the small town of Uyuni daily, this being the biggest tourist attraction in [...]
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The mine that eats men
January 18th, 2010 · 3 Comments · bolivia
Occasionally something will pop out of a travel blog or a guide book that one of us will feel compelled to see or do for absolutely no explicable reason. For me, a trip to see the working mines of Potosí was something I just had to do.
Potosí, said to be the highest city in [...]
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The World’s Most Stupid Bikers
January 2nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · bolivia
Seemingly from everywhere, backpackers flock to La Paz to partake in its number one tourist activity: mountain biking downhill for hours from a high pass above La Paz along an unpaved road ending up in the town of Yolosa. The thing that draws the crowds is not the 11,500 foot effortless descent, nor is [...]
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Lake Titicaca: Blue Water, Blue Sky
January 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments · bolivia, peru
Lake Titicaca has turned out to be a real highlight of our trip. We visited islands on both the Peruvian and Bolivian sides, and spent a memorable Christmas in the sleepy town of Copacabana. With lots of hiking to do on the beautiful little islands, the whole area was right up our alley. [...]
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