Salar de Uyuni

Christmas on the Salt Flats

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January 2nd 2010
So with Christmas looming I went to Uyuni to book myself on a Salt flats tour. This meant travelling by another crowded bolivian bus for 7 h on unpaved roads - for a large part of the trip the road was so bumpy the windows were continually rattling. Due to the late departure of the bus I arrived at Uyuni at midnight so after no answer at the HI hostel went with a group of brazillians to another on ... read more

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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