Highs: Potosi's mines, Sucre, the indigenous culture, multicoloured hill-trekking, seeing dinosaur footprints, cycling the death road. Lows: Extra night in Uyuni, dangerous buses, Liz's Spanish-language stress, La Paz at Easter Food: Salteñas, "Chocolates para ti" chocolate, fresh juices, 10p popcorn, Edmi's cooking, crazy fruit (chirrimoya/custard apple, Tuna/cactus fruit, Pacoy - the white flesh of a giant bean pod, and giant yellow-skinned passion fruits) Blog: Uyuni came as a culture shock compared to westernised Chile and Argentina. Dirty, ugly, poor, industrial. The place is functional, but lacks spirit. There is a permanent hangover that lingers in the air, in the streets and in the sewers. If I were to compare Bolivia to a human body, then Uyuni would be one of the least attractive appendages. It was thus, with a feeling of unea
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