Well, Bolivia was a blur...for a number of reasons! Time constraints were the first limitation, because we had to be in Cusco, Peru in time to pay for our trek to Macchu Picchu, so we only had about 9 days for Bolivia. It was a shame to have such little time, because it is such an affordable place, in addition to having amazing scenery and good, hearty food! Since we didn't have much time, we had to pick and choose what to do. We decided to start with a 4 day jeep tour of the Salares de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flats. What we didn't know, and stupidly didn't research, was the altitude! We thought that we would have to worry about altitude sickness later on, like in La Paz and Cusco, but there were
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