Lake Titicaca, apparently the world's highest navigable lake, is not the only unique natural sight Bolivia has (though technically only half of it is Bolivia´s, and according to Peru it´s the ´caca´ half..). As it has lost all its coastal areas in disputes with its neighbours over time, Bolivia is completely landlocked and the continent´s highest, most isolated and most rugged country. To quote our guidebook, it's landscape is one of extremes - Bolivia has some of the warmest, coldest, windiest, driest, saltiest and swampiest areas of the world. A tour through the Salar de Uyuni and the surrounding dessert and national park area provides some good views on the uniqueness of this country. It was this tour that had made us decide to include Bolivia on our itinerary... Stephen had been very keen on the
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