10 days in Bolivia, should have been months if not years. A land locked country with a navy, a very high percentage of indigenous people, poor but still well functioning, and beautiful beyond description. We spent a day in la Paz (where there, in spite of rumours are no oxygen machines on street corners), then a two day cruise on the amazing Lake Titikakka for a couple of days, where the Incas are said to have started their empire from the Isla del Sol.
After Lake Titicaca we took a 4 hour bus ride and 7 hour train to Uyuni in the South West, followed by 3 days 2 nights "safari" on the salt flats, created after climate change evaporated an inland sea at 4000 meters above sea level and the highland desert bordering the Andes mountain range.
For anyone who wants an experience of a lifetime, this is the place.
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| Condors and llamas and guns |
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| Dressed up for?? and the pigeons liked them or the bird seeds maybe |
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| The colours are beautiful always |
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| Some Spanish influence on the old town |
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| La Paz, one walks slowly on the steep streets, not much oxygen here in the worlds highest capital |
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| Apart from corn and potatoes, bread is also a staple, and it's good |
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| Takes a bag of popcorn to a whole new level |
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| Studying picture of a blessing by the priest of her car |
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| The car and truck car blessing priest |
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| Village on Isla del Sol, Lake Titikaka |
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| Lake Titikaka, 8000 sq.km at 3,800 meters |
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| It does feel like an ocean |
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She was not happy to have her picture taken while spinning her
wool |
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| Shaman is blessing us, and burning symbols for all that could be good. For us prosperity for the kids |
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| Salt harvesting, each pile is a ton, and sale for 25O BS (40 US) |
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| Ice fishing? No, just a picnic on the salt flats |
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| 12,000 sq.km of this salt "lake" |
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| She got me |
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| Always a word of advice or instruction |
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| Vicunas, they don't need a lot of green to survive |
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Up here over 4000 meters lagoon with hundreds of flamingos
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| The beautiful Andes over the highland desert, about 4000 m.a.s |
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Llamas everywhere, they stay within a small area and owner
will check on them every 2 weeks or so
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