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Salar De Uyuni

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September 3rd 2006
We arrived in Uyuni after 8 hours on two chilly, smelly and generally grotty buses from Sucre. We managed to catch half an hour in Potosi on the way which is if not the highest, nearly the highest town in the world (apparently somewhere in Tibet is officially). It was, as could be expected, flipping cold. The giant silver mine mountain was pretty impressive though. Our first impression of Uyun ... 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