Beautiful but deadly

Laguna Verde owes its color to a large concentration of arsenic and copper. It is located at the foot of Licancabur volcano. The water is extremely poisonous...needless to say there were no flamingos.

To another planet and back...

September 19th 2006
We set off to Uyuni, the departure point for the 4x4-ing expedition around southwestern Bolivia on a night bus. All in all, the bus wasn´t too bad,however the same couldn´t be said for the roads, which are one part gravel and two parts pot holes...perhaps we got spoiled in Argentina! We arrived in Uyuni in time for our tour, which took us to the largest salt supply in the world. For the next 3 d ... read more

South America » Bolivia

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

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