The strongman

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Pass the salt please...cruising the white plains

November 30th 2007
We left La Paz for Uyuni on another over night bus for the start of our Salar de Uyuni adventure. Uyuni is the kick off point for the tour of the Salt Plains, 12,000 km2 of prehistoric salt lake (well it was a prehistoric salt lake until all of the water evaporated and now it’s a salt plain) and barren altiplano (high altitude plains) desert. We were at (mas or menos) 4700m for the bulk of the ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni

Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more

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