Salt Mounds Uyuni

U-y-y-y-y-y-un-n-n-ni-i-i-i

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June 16th 2006
Why the wierd title I hear you ask? Well, the answer is in the chattering teeth. Uyuni is FREEZING full stop. Possibly the coldest place on earth although this isn´t scientifically proven - yet. So why had we endured an 18 hour journey from Copacabana via La Paz to get here? I asked myself the same question as I arrived in Uyuni at 2am, in minus 20 degrees to find that some sticky fingered Bo!Liv ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » 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