On the banks of Laguna Colorado

Bolivia! 4WD tour of High Andes & Salar de Uyuni

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June 16th 2008
To cross from Chile to Bolivia we decided to take a three day 4WD jeep tour across the mountainous terrain of the high Andes up to the Salar de Uyuni, looping round to end in the Bolivian town of Uyuni. We rocked up at 7:45am and were bussed (very slowly in an old minibus with 11 of us in it) to the border, where instantly the paved roads of Chile are replaced with bumpy dirt /gravel track. Ou ... read more

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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