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Salar de Uyuni - Salt anyone?

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June 29th 2006
If you never clicked on the huge icon left of this text then now is the time. Clicked it? See the big white spot in the middle of the picture? That’s the Salar de Uyuni with 10.580 square kilometres the world's largest salt flat. The salt is at the outer fringes only a couple of centimetres but closer to the middle up to 6 meters thick. That’s ... 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