high and dry and salty - a trip from Bolivia to Chile through the amazing altiplano
December 13th 2009 It is not often that we hope that a long distance bus trip will go for a bit longer, but the trip from Potosi across the rugged and largely uninhabited landscape to Uyuni on a sunny day was such a treat for our eyes that we were hoping for a few hours more. In the town of Uyuni we did little more than hang about in the plaza playing backgammon (on our newly purchased 8-in-1 magnetic travel games b
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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 
