Salt table

Salar power!

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April 27th 2009
Today was our earliest rise yet with faint hangovers and pitch black bedroom, we managed to get packed up and move on by 6 am. The hostel only has electricity for the first three hours when you arrive in the evening, so that you can buy a hot shower or charge your camera, which was more than the hostel from the night before had. We had the early start so that we could see the sunrise over the salt ... 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