SALAR DE UYUNI: Welcome to Bolivia

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August 11th 2008

Published: September 11th 2008

And so leaving San Pedro and Chile was with an air of expectation - we joined our first tour group: a 3 day 4WD trip from San Pedro, over the border to Bolivia, and through some of the most delightfully volcanic and interesting terrain. Lunar landscapes, frozen lakes, bubbling thermal pools and guysers, flamingoes, and salt planes with a volcanic ´Island´in the middle. And the show stopping 'Rai... Read Full Entry

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ArleneandBenj

Tearing asunder from a pleasant New Zealand urban environment, Benj and Arlene felt like a 'small' getaway, involving a bit of Tahiti (a few days), Easter Island (10 days), South America (6 months) and Mexico (2 months), visiting the Spanish/Iberian connection on route to the UK. Park or ride back to NZ via SE Asia, and work out how to get to Eastern Europe and Turkey in the process. Starting 20 June 2008, and not quite sure when to finish - probably when gripped either by poverty, or the need for familiarity - it´ll be the poverty. ... full info

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Salt piles drying

The top of the pyramid is the dryest, and therefore lightest to trasnport to the next stage of refinement. When everything is done by shovel, easier is better.

Standing next to Bolivias salt supply being bagged for sale

Food product, 5m from the toilet. Both are visited by swathes of tourists.

Refill time

Despite our hair and clothes being super charged with static electricity, noone seems to loose their eyebrows when refueling like this.

Fertile photograhic playground

Arlene gets creative with her little camera

...and what subject material.

Benj gets in on the act

with an eye for the detail.

Been there, done that, having a small rest.

Going nowhere.

But still an engineering beauty in this windswept graveyard.

19th September 2008

RobAndKrista
Rob & Krista

utterly stunning
Your photos are just getting better and better! Are you guys getting tired yet? You still look full of beans in your photos, good on you! X Krista.

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