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- La Paz /Sucre
- Capital
- Boliviano (BOB)
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Uyuni Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Uyuni, Bolivia
Would you like a little salt with that
... ! That night we drove half way to San Pedro de Atacama (Chile), stopping in a little town to sleep. We all loved Bolivia, however we were pretty over having a dodgey stomach and being out of breathe because of altitude. Chile here we come! ...
A short trip to Bolivia
... the punishment had lasted long enough and our passports could be stamped. So much for a happy departure of Peru! And hello Bolivia! Copacabana (yes, it does have a beach and no, it's nothing like the it's counterpart in Brazil!), on Lake ...
Gonna take your brains to another dimension...!
... the sights here are of places you cannot find elsewhere on this planet, or would even believe might exist... Firstly, a crossing into Bolivia with our tour company, Estrella del Sur. We were in jeeps of 6 people. We had to undergo the usual ...
The Bolivian Salt Flats (where size doesnt matter)
Torturous overnight bus journey on what you wouldnt really call a road. Followed by three days hopping in and out of a jeep and driving through desert, over mountains etc. on some ridiculous gravel roads (or no road at all in some cases). Saw ...
Uyuni
... neben uns gruselige Nachtfahrt spaeter kamen wir in Uyuni an, von wo aus die naechste 3-taegige Tour zum Salar de Uyuni und verschiedenen Lagunen startete. Hier hatten wir die coolste Gruppe bisher, bestehend aus einem jungen kanadischen Ehepaar, einem ...
Oh, Dusty Ole Train!
... the train to Uyuni. We heard that taking the train was so much better as the road from Oruro to Uyuni is one of the worst roads in Bolivia, well except for the bus ride to the jungle from La Paz. We arrived in Oruro and checked our backpacks ...
Salt flats and more!
... photos)! From La Paz we travelled down to Uyuni to take a tour of the Salar de Uyuni. The landscape between the southern reaches of Bolivia and Northern Chile can only be described as otherworldly. The vast white expanses of the salt flats ...
Would you like salt with that?
... feels incrediably isolated. We started our day trip explorng the area with a visit to the train cemetary! The British bbought railways to Bolivia in 1890 and were responsible for running them until the Bolivians got fed up and took it over. From then on ...
Rodjendan u pustinji
... zujali kroz Ujuni, ruznjikav i prasnjav gradic na ivici pustinje. Njegova najveca znamenitost je ogromno polje soli, cuveni Salar de Uyuni, najvece slano polje na svetu koje nam je na programu bilo iduceg i poslednjeg dana nase ekspedicije. Pred veceru ...
Uyuni... welcome to Bolivia!
... they don´t use anymore! In fact, the dumping and discarding of stuff is quite a theme here in Uyuni, certainly, and - I reckon - for the rest of Bolivia... There´s a lot of instances when you just want to say "It´ll be nice when ...
Salt Flats
Cinnamon volcano exhales fountain smoke reflected sky makes mountains float rain erases the horizon framed only when the sun is risin' Saltburg ahead! Rain drained through deep cracks salty soccer balls under jeep tracks perception is lost in a sea ...
Amazing adventures across the Salt Flats!
Ok, so bus from La Paz to Uyuni (in south Bolivia) took approximately 12 hours. This bus was more like what we got used to in Ecuador- mainly driving over fields of rubble rather than any sort of road. The bus felt like it was going to tip over and we ...
na Bolivia
Sobrevivemos ao tour na Bolivia! Foi muito interessante, conhecemos muita gente, vimos (mais) paisagens maravilhosas! O Salar de Uyuni e a Arvore de Pedra foram os campeoes desta rodada. Estamos reunidos na rua agora, na frente desta Pizzaria ...
Day II of our Salar de Uyuni Trip
Day 2: There are also a number of lakes in the surrounding area- and I was lucky enough to visit the area during the breeding season for three different types of flamingos! I have seen flamingos in the wild before- but nothing prepared me for the sheer ...
Mainly Lakes and Salt
... lack of queueing ability of latn americans. However, we escaped with our lñives intact and our passports stamped and headed into bolivia. Then we got into our lovely jeeps that would transport us for the next three days. We were in the international (or ...
The first taste of carnaval
Only a very brief stop in Uyuni overnight so we could get the bus to Potosi. We went for dinner with some of the guys from the trip which was great fun and one last hurrah. Dave was so upset he even had to order two main courses to consol ...
Uyuni and the Salt Flats
... can or people sitting on other peoples hands. We spent about 3 hours playing with various props, it was a lot of fun!!! Leaving Uyuni wasnt so fun ... night train to Oruro, then 4 hour bus ride to La Paz ... we were tired little travellers on arrival ...
I Bolivia I can fight
... Switzerland and Korea) we were driven across amazing landscapes over 3 days and got to sleep in the salt hotel in San Jose. Bolivia is the poorest latin american countries, yet it is one of the most interesting ones. People are very nice and the country ...
wyprawa salar dzien drugi
Pobudka o 7 i kolejny dzien pelen wrazen. Pierwszy przystanek przy wulkanie Ollague (5865 m.n.p.m), ktory znajduje sie przy granicy Boliwii z Chile. Nastepnie zatrzymujemy sie przy kilku mniejszych lagunach (Canapa, ...
Uyuni-versity
... without a stop and we all ran to the toilet before sorting out border crossing paperwork! From here we made our way very slowly into Uyuni......it was gradually uphill all the way. I was glad we were making our way slowly and on what was the most ...
O que que a Bolívia tem?
... o corpo se acostumar com os efeitos da altitude.O inesquecível (e não conto o porquê para não estragar a surpresa) ônibus até Uyuni leva 8 intermináveis horas para chegar a cidade que hospeda turistas do mundo todo por uma só noite, e que antecede ...
Our 4WD adventure!
We now understand what people are talking about when they say Bolivia is beautiful. It's a tough job putting into words what we have experienced over the last few days but hopefully the photos will help. We caught a night bus to Uyuni from La Paz and ...
Podroz do Uyuni
... wyciagnac kamienie :). Ruszamy dalej, po drodze mamy jeszcze tylko mala awarie i po ok. 8 i pol godzinie witamy Uyuni. Jest juz pozny wieczor, szybko znajdujemy hostel, mieszczacy sie tuz przy dworcu autobusowym. Wlasciciel posiadal wlasne ...
Tupiza to Uyuni - Day 4
... honest, but it made for some cool photos. The worst part of it was the rubbish – basically this sums up the town of Uyuni, one big rubbish tip and the first place in which I've actually felt unsafe. I booked my bus ticket to Potosi and couldn't ...
Amazing Bolivia
... the altitude sickness, give you a burst of energy however they don't taste very nice.. like chewing bitter grass. Everyone in Bolivia chews Coca Leaves. Locals add loads of leaves into their mouth and form them into a ball at the side of your ...
Uyuni
... this period. We then went to rest in our hotel and at 3:00 am went on our train to a town called Villazon, in southern Bolivia. The train ride was a hard one, it was cold and uncomfortable, the Bolivians next to us smelled really bad and snored very ...
The Salt Flats
... the Salt flats in the jeep and saw where the salt is mined and then took some perspective photos against the incredible backdrop.Salar de Uyuni is the worlds largest salt flat and is an incredible place to visit. We then had lunch in a salt made building ...
The Beautiful Wilderness of Salar de Uyuni
... for the hotel in San Juan he claimed the road to that village was blockaded and impassable. (Worth mentioning here that Bolivia has a pretty dreadful reputation for its people going on strike and blockading roads and rail lines. Sam told us ...