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Los Girasoles Hotel Uyuni

Calle Santa Cruz #155 Uyuni, Bolivia

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Asi es Bolivia

A travel blog entry by anaronnie

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Hola amigos!

January 17th, we were picked up in the morning at our hostel for the thrilling jeep tour to Uyuni in Bolivia. After we picked up our fellow passengers for the jeep (two German guys, one Spanish guy and a Dutch lady), we headed for the migration office, which was located in San Pedro itself. After waiting inline for an hour and …

Salar de Uyuni - World's largest Salt Flat

A travel blog entry by annetdragavon

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We have just completed several days in Uyuni, at the southwest corner of Bolivia, exploring the the 'Salar de Uyuni". At 4,000 square miles in surface area, it is the world's largest salt flat. Words cannot convey the surreal landscape of the salt flat. Our photos don't do it justice, though we managed to capture a bit of the salar's magic in …

Cementario de trenes - Bolivia's train graveyard

A travel blog entry by annetdragavon

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Just outside the town of Uyuni lie the remains of Bolivia's first train fleet.
Dozens of steam locomotives, wagons, coaches and associated scrap sit rusting in the harsh climate of the salt flat. Everything of any value has long been removed and what are left are the iron hulks of the early 20th century industrial age.The brass plaques, steam …

Salar de Uyuni!!

A travel blog entry by flyingsuitcase

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After a long and bumpy night bus ride from La Paz to Uyuni, we arrived early in the morning. We were greeted by unfriendly people, dirt, deserted streets, and ponds of mud because of the heavy rain. We were shocked at the view since Uyuni is such a touristic city, yet it was a big dump... What a disappointment!

We checked in at our hostel …

Salt flats tour

A travel blog entry by frasally

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Hello, Fraser here. Its my first go at writing one of these and considering we are now in our last week, that's pretty poor, but sally has been rather good at it has she not? As I write we are now actually in Lima, so we are a bit behind as we have to give a write up since entering Bolivia. Since then you might have heard the little bit of news …