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Uyuni: Salt anyone?

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July 31st 2010
We took an overnight bus from La Paz to Uyuni that was supposed to leave at 9pm on Friday night, but didn´t leave until 10:30pm due to mechanical issues. It was so late that they served us our boxed dinner in the bus terminal! When we got on the bus--it was definitely NOT what we paid for, but we discovered that we would have to switch buses 3 hours later in Oruro to a nicer bus so we dealt with ... 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