Geysers!

Grumps, lumps and bumps in Bolivia

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April 10th 2006
29th March to 17th April Travel in Bolivia is a story of opposites. After a private taxi ride from Sucre to Potosi, which was pleasant, comfortable and cheap, we arrived to find there were no tickets avilable for a bus to Uyuni that night. A night in Potosi, at an elevation of 4070 metres was not what was needed as I was starting to struggle slightly with altitude sickness. The following mor ... 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