Dirt road in Bolivia

Potosi to Santiago

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December 13th 2007
Week 7 Leaving Potosi and heading south to Uyumi along a dirt road, we were treated to awe-inspiring scenery in canyon-like country with fascinating rock formations, deep valleys, adobe (mud walls) villages and what appeared as dry lakes and river beds with various coloured minerals and salt deposits. At one point, we drove through Pulacayo, a town at the site of a 19th century silver m ... read more

South America » Argentina » Salta » Cafayate

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more