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Background: 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 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production. Current goals include attracting foreign investment, strengthening the educational system, resolving disputes with coca growers over Bolivia's counterdrug efforts, and waging an anticorruption campaign.

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By essbeenz
October 2nd 2008

Breathless in Bolivia, or living the high life!!

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Uyuni

OK, give us a second here. It has been a while and there has been so much that we have done. 14 days (we both wish it could have been longer) in beautiful Bolivia. And all the while US citizens being choppered out of the country, massacres and upheaval. Par for the course really when you have a country that has had more coups and governments that George Dubya has had wet dreams about dropping bombs!! When we last left you, food poisoning and dodgy bellys abounded, leaving us laid low in Salta, unable to do any sightseeing, which is a [View Full Entry]

By Daz_Crawford
September 3rd 2008

Elevation

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Uyuni

I Found A Midget In The Desert!

Blinding salt plains, stunning mountain ranges, beautiful frozen lakes, dust clouds, freezing nights, sweltering days, amazing wildlife, prehistoric cactuses, fossilised reefs, vehicle breakdowns, altitude sickness, no roads and basic amenities. These are the words I can only use to describe the most stunning adventure that I have just taken across the dreamy Bolivian desert. Back in San Pedro De Atacama (Chile) ten of us decided to hire two 4x4 Jeeps to cross the boarder into Bolivia and undertake a very bumpy 3 day trip through the desert into the small town of Uyuni. It only cost fifty [View Full Entry]

By Beaney
August 13th 2008

Leaving La Paz!!

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Uyuni

It only snowed for one day!! The next day it was bright sunshine and nice temperatures. We had quite a few days in La Paz due to the Bolivian voting.......basically everything stops and they´re not allowed to sell alcohol for 48 hours.....rubbish. Anyway, the vote went ok and Evo Mendez won which is good......it could have got quite nasty if it had gone the other way. We´re getting into the local grub.......pizza. There are so many pizza places it´s stupid. La Paz was a pretty cool place once we got our bearings. Lau particularly liked the witches market, especially the dry [View Full Entry]

By Shmunkie and the small ginger one
August 2nd 2008

The Highest Hostel in the World

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Uyuni

Geology in Action

Well, according to us anyway. Anyone who says that the Tibetan Plateau is the roof of the world has clearly never been to Bolivia. Here they skip and jump at heights mere mortals only dream of. We felt that a few days in San Pedro de Atacama (Chile), situated at a paltry 2,400m above the deep blue, was high, but boy were we wrong. A small change of plans had led to us throwing Bolivia into the mix, instead of our planned leisurely stroll up to the end of Chile (which decidely isn´t) and across the drug smuggling border to Peru. [View Full Entry]

By Hello World
July 22nd 2008

La Quiaca, Villazon and Uyuni nightmare

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Uyuni

We left Humahuaca in the morning and hoped on a bus to take us to the Argentinian border town of La Quiaca where we would cross over into Villazon on the Bolivian side. The bus journey was a sign of things to come, we had booked a ticket but there were no free seats so we spent the 3 hour journey sat on the stairs of the bus. We were definitely starting to feel the proximity to Bolivia. Once we arrived in La Quiaca we made our way to the border crossing which we only managed to find by following other [View Full Entry]

By Jabe
July 13th 2008

Getting some perspective

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Uyuni

Cacti and moon
Isla de Pescado (Fish Island), Salar de Uyuni

The bus to the border town of La Quiaca gave me a reprise of the first half of my Humahuaca Gorge trip, and then further altiplano scenes of grazing llamas and scrubby landscape under a deep blue sky as we trundled north. The immigration buildings looked chaotic but the long queues were for people coming south, and in short order I was on the dusty streets of Villazon, the Bolivian conjoined twin of La Quiaca. What a difference a few hundred metres makes. I could not avoid drawing parallels with many of the towns I'd passed through in last year's Southeast [View Full Entry]

By StephenMhairi
July 9th 2008

How many sights can you see in 4 days?

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Uyuni

Thank goodness for our travel mishaps - it couldn´t have worked out any better! Lets starts at the start... We had an amazing day doing a triathalon of the surrounding area of Tupiza: cycling, jeep and horse riding. We started off cycling in front of the jeep for a couple of hours, before we were picked up and toured some of the canyons. We had lunch with our guide in a stunning riverside location at the foot of an old volcano. We met our caballero (cowboy) and horses who took us on a treck for the next couple of hours. Lets [View Full Entry]

By Les Tichats
May 24th 2008

Troisieme et dernier jour dans le desert - Third and last day in the desert

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Lever de soleil sur le desert de sel - Sun rise on the salt flat

Debout a 5h30 et en route pour le Desert de Sel d´Uyuni. Un endroit absolument incroyable, digne d´un film de science fiction. Une etendue blanche a perte de vue avec quelques "ilots" ici et la. Le desert est donc de sel et de borax, ce qui donne la couleur blanche. Il a une superficie de 12000 km2 et est tres sec durant l´hiver (tres humide au printemps). On y passe quelques heures, histoire d´abord de voir le soleil se lever, puis de visiter la Isla del Pescador ou on a pris notre petit dejeuner (a noter les "toilettes") et on a [View Full Entry]

By Les Tichats
May 24th 2008

Uyuni, premiere "ville" bolivienne - first Bolivian "town"

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Uyuni

Uyuni est une petite ville sympa. C´est bien d´y rester une nuit mais autrement je pense qu´on s´ennuirait assez facilement. Bref, ca nous a donne un premier gout de la vie en Bolivie. Le soir on est d´ailleurs sortis boire un verre, histoire de se relaxer apres ces 3 jours de desert! (ce qui explique les photos dans le bar). Uyuni is a nice little town even though there isn´t much to do there. At least it gave a first impression of a small Bolivian town. In the evening we went to have a few drinks at the "Extreme fun bar" [View Full Entry]

By Les Tichats
May 23rd 2008

Deuxieme Jour - Second Day

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Uyuni

Arbol de Piedra

Notre deuxieme sést passe principalement sur la route. Le premier arret le matin fut a l´arbre de pierre (El Arbol de Piedra), un rocher qui ressemble a un arbre pertifie. Les autres formations rocheuses autour etaient tout aussi etonnantes. Puis on est passe par 4 lacs: Laguna Honda, Laguna Hedionda, Laguna Shiarkota et Laguna Negra. Le dernier est interessant car tres different des autres (tres profond et dangereux car il y a un courant sous-marin qui aspire tout ce qui y passe au milieu). Sans oublier les rocs qui ressemblent a des champignons autour du Laguna Negra. Puis, on a vu [View Full Entry]

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