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April 18th 2015

Published: April 21st 2015

We left the mountain town of Tupiza in a 4 x 4 Toyota Landcruiser with Felix (our driver and guide), Lydia (our cook) and a Belgian couple (Guillaume and Laura) and headed off into the remote and scenically spectacular south west corner of Bolivia. We spent the next four days driving to some of the country’s most amazing places, lakes of green, blue and red, volcanic rock formations and deserts,... Read Full Entry

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Theresa and Dave

Crannster

We are world travellers who live in Northern Canada. We are both diagonally parked in a parallel universe and have a passion for the world and its amazing places and faces. We hope these blogs can be enjoyed by many like-minded people... If you are genuinely interested in our adventures, you can follow us. If you wish to receive an email whenever we add a new blog entry, you can subscribe to this blog. We also love to hear from you - so if you have have any comments or suggestions you can send us a message. "The most dangerous world views are the world views of those who have never viewe... full info

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Laguna Colorada

And the flamingos

one leg

James Flamingo

We saw all 3 species. The other two were the Chilean and the Andean Flamingos.

Huaylla Jara

Our night-stop at about 4800 metres above sea level

The llareta ("yareta") plant only grows in high altitudes. They can be thousands of years old. A beautiful contrast to the thorny cacti in these parts.

The Salt Hotel

The entire hotel was made of salt bricks

Quinoa in the sunset

A lady harvesting her quinoa by hand

Isla Incahuasi

The island in the salt flats is covered in cactus, and the views are exceptional.

Where's the horizon?

Mirage effects from the salt flats.

Salar de Uyuni

The salt flats of Uyuni

The Salt Monument

Made entirely from salt

Looky looky

The train graveyard

Uyuni

22nd April 2015

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andino Eduardo Avaroa
Having been through there in February this year I am taken by how these wilderness areas change from month to month...always beautiful as your pic attests. We had the salt flats in flood. What month were you there?

22nd April 2015

Crannster
Theresa and Dave

No floods here!
Hey Dancing Dave! We have just been to the salt flats in mid April and there was hardly a drop of water to be had. Even some of the lakes were getting a wee bit dry.

22nd April 2015

Kuan Yin
Karen Johnson

Salt Monument
This is the logo of the Dakar Rally, which will be run in Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina in 2016. Looks like they made clever use of salt to make a billboard.

23rd April 2015

Elaine ?White
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Hardy Basil!
Another fab blog, loved the group photo of David with his arms out! They're a hard breed, Northumbrians! Lol. Have fun x

26th April 2015

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Perfect
Love this one.

28th April 2015

Heather M
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Great to hear from you!
Glad to hear that you are enjoying yourselves! The photos are spectacular! The adventure reminds me of the Dragoman adventures! My bike is back on the road and anxiously awaiting your return! Heather

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