The Flats

The Salt Falts Day 1(just for photo purposes)

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April 18th 2007
Reached Uyuni at 2am all wrecked and pissed with travelling and got lucky with a nice local hostel. Uyuni was a bit of a dump and looks like a western town but turned out to be not to bad in the end. Our aim here was to do the Salt flats. Its a three or four day trip which you drive 120kms stuffed into a 4x4. It didnt sound appealing but we were told is unmissable. The salt flats were created whe ... 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