Lunch with the group at Fish Island....

More Bolivian hospitality.....

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December 25th 2006
After lake Titicaca we had some serious bum-blistering travelling ahead of us with a day bus to La Paz (4 hours) - night bus to Potosi (11 hours) - day bus to Uyuni (8 hours while being shaken at between 2-20 Hertz all the way.... Enduring memories of Bolivan mountain roads remain.) We arrived at Uyuni around 4pm and were accosted by many people wanting to help carry bags or sell us trips to th ... 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