Blogs from Estancia Palluma, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America

The visit to Salla was just a quick one so we could see the area where a lot of geological work had already been done. After two nights there, we returned to the paved highway, and went south. This took us further away from La Paz. At Konani, we again turned toward the Cordillera Real, this time on a paved road that took us to Puchuni. On the horizon are the snowcapped mountains of the Cordillera. Puchuni is on the edge of a valley; it sits on the rim where the Altiplano drops off into a large valley full of gullies and badlands, and of course subsistence farms. The other student's field area is in this valley, so we needed to find a place to stay. After checking out a few of the estancias (tiny communities ... read more