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San Pedro de Atacama to Bolivian Altiplano

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March 31st 2009
We left the low and wet for the high and dry. From Bahia Inglesa, we traveled to the dusty town of San Pedro de Atacama, which sits in a bowl of a valley up against the Andes and the Bolivian border. We stayed there for several nights before heading across the border to Bolivia via a three day 4WD tour over the salt flats and high, really high, deserts of the altiplano. In San Pedro, we stay ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni

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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