Arbol de Piedra

Bolivia - Salt Flats, Mines and Markets

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June 14th 2006
Hello Everyone, I am writing this having sadly just left Bolivia, a truly wonderful country. In the last blog we had just left Argentina for a brief stop in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. We only spent one very cold night there - enough time to book a three day tour that would take us into Bolivia and the Uyuni Salt Flats. It was a travelling friends birthday so we went to see the sunset at ... 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