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Salar de Uyuni - Bolivia

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January 3rd 2007
Leon and i spent Xmas at 4500m on the white salt plains of Bolivia. Homesickness was offset slightly with the knowledge that we were among only a few to experience a WHITE XMAS in the sweltering 35 degree heat of the Bolivian desert. Our special xmas present was a trip to a hotel made of salt, 2 flat tyres and a salt throwing war. Boxing Day the road was not a road in places which made for s ... 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