Cactuses in Salar de Uyuni

Breathless in Bolivia

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June 7th 2010
We left San Pedro de Atacama on a three day road trip in a 4X4 jeep to get to Uyuni in Bolivia. There were six of us in total in the group, two English, two Brazilians and of course us Irish and we couldn’t have asked for a better group. For those of you reading this blog to decide which tour group to take to do the salt flats in Uyuni, it is a difficult decision. We had heard nightmarish storie ... 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