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August 15th 2013
Published: October 20th 2013
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Remote, Touristy Uyuni Yikes--I had only five days left on my Bolivian visa! Time to leave La Paz, Bolivia's capital (the highest in the world) and head to remote Uyuni for a tour of one of the country's highlights--the Salar de Uyuni. Barring another Bolivian roadblock or problems with the tour jeep, I would be deposited at the Chilean border on August 15, the last day of my visa--ah, life on ... Read Full Entry



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Tara Cloud
taracloud
taracloud
I´m a one-way ticket, slow traveler, relishing the freedom of the open road and trusting serendipity to guide my journey. When I was younger, I used to travel for a year at a time. Then a few years ago, I roamed Europe and North Africa for three and a half years and liked that even better. On August 1st, 2010, I left my peaceful Mission Canyon paradise in Santa Barbara's mellow summer and emerged from a couple of planes a day and a world later in the teeming, sub-zero streets of Buenos Aires´winter. Now, with the Andes, Amazon and Galapagos between here and home, will three years be enou... full info
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Will he make it?Will he make it?
Will he make it?
patterns at the San Pedro bus station patterns at the San Pedro bus station
patterns at the San Pedro bus station
vizcacha--rodent relative of the chincillavizcacha--rodent relative of the chincilla
vizcacha--rodent relative of the chincilla
vicunas--the smallest of the camelidsvicunas--the smallest of the camelids
vicunas--the smallest of the camelids
desert rocks and snow whipped into peaksdesert rocks and snow whipped into peaks
desert rocks and snow whipped into peaks
heart mountainheart mountain
heart mountain
dawn colors and snowdawn colors and snow
dawn colors and snow
dawn on the geyser fielddawn on the geyser field
dawn on the geyser field
Water vapor fumeroles, Sol de Manana geyser fieldWater vapor fumeroles, Sol de Manana geyser field
Water vapor fumeroles, Sol de Manana geyser field
mud bubbling up from the earthmud bubbling up from the earth
mud bubbling up from the earth
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The salt flats break into hexagons that stretch into an infinity broken by volcanos The salt flats break into hexagons that stretch into an infinity broken by volcanos
The salt flats break into hexagons that stretch into an infinity broken by volcanos
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flags outside the defunct salt hotelflags outside the defunct salt hotel
flags outside the defunct salt hotel
no peeing around the lakeno peeing around the lake
no peeing around the lake
use the very expensive, self-composting toilets
yareta plant excretes resin so used for fires int his treeless land,yareta plant excretes resin so used for fires int his treeless land,
yareta plant excretes resin so used for fires int his treeless land,
slow growing, scarce and endangered here, but tons of it in the mountains of Peru
hedgehog rockhedgehog rock
hedgehog rock
long shadows and an endless horizonlong shadows and an endless horizon
long shadows and an endless horizon
Asi Es la Vida--Such Is LifeAsi Es la Vida--Such Is Life
Asi Es la Vida--Such Is Life



20th October 2013

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

As usual your pictures are beautiful...
such great composition and vibrant colors. You mentioned that you spent a few days in Iquique, Chile. It was the first stop on this season of Amazing Race, so I could picture you there in my mind. You, of course, have spent a lot of time in Peru...is that your new base until you visa runs out?
20th October 2013

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Peruvian visa--another story...
Thanks for your kind words on the color and composition, Bob. I don't know about this race, but desert-dry Iquique wasn't my favorite place though it was great to see the ocean after years away from it. The Peruvian visa is supposed to be 6 months in a year but they gave me extra time on my second entry. I'll either go to the Amazon to see if I can squeeze more months out of them on my return, or I'll just pay a fine of $1/day which will be less than what I paid to enter several countries down here. I do wish we all had open borders though I know that's not a popular sentiment.
20th October 2013
Being swallowed by the Catcher in the Rye

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Love it!
Great book to pose with. Sorry the visa is running short.
20th October 2013
Being swallowed by the Catcher in the Rye

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Ah, visas!
It was so great in the south of South America because I could stay three months in Argentina, then hop across the Andes or a river, get a stamp, stay awhile and return for another three months. In Bolivia, it was three months in a year--not enough! But I did find a lot of good books in exchanges, and it was great to live like a queen for awhile.
20th October 2013

Heidi
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remarkable place you captured in photos
high desert, salt flats, flamingos; thanks for a peek at this special place in Bolivia. I am glad when you get a hot springs soak, a good veggie meal and nice, cheap place to rest yr head.
20th October 2013

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Thanks, Heidi
It was a really remarkable place and I did get about everything I could have wanted. Glad you liked the photos.
21st October 2013
reflections

bvchef
Brendan Vermillion

Wow, just wow Tara
Of all of your pictures in this blog, this is my favorite. It has been nice catching up on your blogs.
21st October 2013
reflections

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Flamingos galore!
Glad you liked the flamingos--it was so amazing seeing them outside a zoo and so fun photographing them! Good to be catching up on blogs--it'd be great if I were a fast blogger like you, but oh well.
21st October 2013
long shadows and an endless horizon

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Lookin' Good
Panoramas magnifique...gorgeous colours and vistas...may well you smile...lookin' good Tara
21st October 2013
long shadows and an endless horizon

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Panorama party
Thanks, Dave. I love the new panorama feature where we can put up lots of them. I also love others' ones since it's like watching a little show. Big smile indeed!
21st October 2013
long shadows and an endless horizon

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Panorama party
Thanks, Dave. I love the new panorama feature where we can put up lots of them. I also love others' ones since it's like watching a little show. Big smile indeed!
21st October 2013

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Wonderful
Great photos you got there. I'm really impressed /Ake
22nd October 2013

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Thanks, Ake
I take that as a real compliment coming from such a fine photographer as yourself!

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