It was easy to tell when we had left Chilean territory and had entered Bolivia, as we went from good surfaced roads to poor dirt tracks. Thankfully, we also swapped from a minibus to a 4wd at the Bolivian border. We spent our first few days in Bolivia crossing the Altiplano and the Salar de Uyuni (salt flats) before reaching civilization again. The Altiplano is a desolate and dramatic landscape, with various Salvador Dali like strange rock formations, an enormous amount of sand and multiple coloured mountain lakes, including Laguna Blanca, Laguna Verde and Laguna Colorada. It is said to be one of the driest places on the planet and as such only limited vegetation exists. The Altiplano and Salt Lakes are also at very high altitude - we reached 5100m! Nevertheless, we still managed to
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