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Salar de Uyuni - Day 4

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March 24th 2007
This was the perfect day and the reason for our whole tour. Our very lazy guide had told us we were getting up at 7:30 for an 8:00 start. Not a chance! We’d been promised a sunrise and we were going to get one! We insisted we got up at 4 am, would have breakfast later and be ready to leave at 4:30 as it would take two hours to get to the centre of the great Salar. We arrived in the middle of the ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni

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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 1... ... read more