Riding into fiery landscape

January 18th 2010
We left Uyuni for Tupiza at 6am on Jan. 17th by bus. This was one of the dustiest bus rides of our lives. It was dusty when we got on and it got worse as we rode through the dustbowl that was southern Bolivia. Many buses in Latin America had two people working them, the driver and a fare collector. On this bus, the fare collector was a very dusty 12-year old. As we've noted before, it was not ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Tupiza

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

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George White and Eva Ma

George and Eva

Hi Everyone! Welcome to our travel blog! Eva and I (George) met at the University of Washington in Seattle and were married a couple of years ago. While dating, we discovered we both had an unfulfilled desire to see a little bit more of the planet and had talked about taking an extended trip. Shortly after our marriage, we started planning and saving for a year-long trip around the world. We departed for our adventures in August 2009, after Eva's graduation, and returned to our hometown of Seattle in October 2010. We had originally hoped to keep a blog with our photos a... full info

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