Bolivian Border Control

Getting High in a Jeep

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June 24th 2008
I decided to take a 3 day jeep trip from San Pedro across Salar De Uyuni to Uyuni in Bolivia, and what an amazing trip it turned out to be. We departed at 8am in a bus to take us through Chillean border control and then Bolivian border control. We ended up waiting for about 2 hrs on the Chillean side, as the border guards seemed to have decided that everyone else in the queue would go in front ... 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