outside the hotel window

Uyuni, frontier town

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July 4th 2011
Monday For our night journey to Uyuni, the bus was advertise as the best in Bolivia. I would agree with that - it's not too hard to be the best. Once the seats were reclined, we were jammed in like sardines and my seat slowly returned to the upright position each hour. We were sitting in the second row, front row had lots of leg room and the guy in it stayed reclined well past dawn, ev ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » 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