Day one - amazing scenery

Tupiza to Salar de Uyuni, Jeep Safari (Part one)

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March 24th 2013
Crossing the border just after sunrise, immediately Bolivia is strikingly different from Argentina where we'd spent the past month. Many buildings in the border town of Villazon (and every other town since) remain unfinished, there's a faint odour of sewage in the air and the people look very different - aged and almost worn down from the toils of day-to-day life in South America's poo ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Tupiza

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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