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January 31st 2007
Published: February 14th 2007
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Bolivia Tupiza to Uyuni Tour - January 31 to February 3, 2007 On January 30, we left the Argentinean Northern city of Salta to reach La Quiaca, the town located at the limit of the Bolivian border. The last hours of this bus ride haver been challenging as I started to feel the altitude; La Quiaca is located at 3442 meters above sea level. For those who have never experienced the altitude sickne... Read Full Entry



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Flamincoes having breakfast at Laguna Colorada
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Tupiza a Uyuni: Day 3

Reflection of a volcanoe in the calm red water of Laguna Colorada
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Tupiza a Uyuni: Day 3

Another beautiful colourful landscape of Bolivia
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Tupiza a Uyuni: Day 3

The colourful wool earrings of the Bolivian lamas...
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Tupiza a Uyuni: Day 3

El arbol de roca...another magically shaped rock
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Tupiza a Uyuni: Day 3

One of the many lagunas surrounded by volcanoes
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Our third and last night in a great salt hotel where everything is made of salt!
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Early morning in the Salar de Uyuni...the moon slowly disappear as the sun rises over the immense salt flats...
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Tupiza a Uyuni: Day 4

Magical morning landscape in Salar de Uyuni, the largest slat flats in the world...
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The cristallized salt rocks found in the water below the salt surfaces...
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A view from Isla del Pescado...an isolated "island" made of corrals and cactuses
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Most of the cactuses on Isla del Pescado are thousand years old...
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Tupiza a Uyuni: Day 4

Banderas de Bolivia y de los Incas
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The collection and processing of salt from the Salar de Uyuni is reserved to the small community located at its border. The work is extremely hard and conditions quite challenging...
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Tupiza a Uyuni: Day 4

A last picture of our travelling companions: Juvenal, Vera, the three Germans, and ourselves.



14th February 2007

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Hello Laurence.... your photographs are amazing and you have captured some exceptional moments forever. I hope you are both well though we miss you both. I am thinking the long sleeve blue shirt is working well for you in that terrain, just a guess. Take good care. Safe journey. Annette xo

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