Having fun on the salt flats

Living life dangerously...

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August 3rd 2008
Hey all Does anyone fancy spending the day hooning down a narrow one-lane rocky road, with trucks and buses heading in both directions? And at the same time, you're plunging down 3,600 meters, passing by snow-capped mountains of the Bolivian Andes, rocky cliffs(with 3,000m drops) as well as lush, sub-tropical rainforest before ending up in a sleepy old town? There was also some fog thro ... read more

South America » Bolivia

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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