Altiplano, Bolivia

Travel Blogs from Altiplano (11)

Gonna take your brains to another dimension...!, The Bolivian Altiplano, Bolivia travel blog
Gonna take your brains to another dimension...!
Apr 12, 2009

... as the experience is truly surreal. The plan was to take a 3-day 4WD jeep tour from San Pedro de Atacama into the Bolivian Altiplano and all the way north to Uyuni, seeing a cluster of some of the most awesome other-dimensional places along the way. It is ...

A travel blog entry by atullgupta
Salt flats, flamingoes and volcanoes, Salar de Uyuni and the Southern Altiplano, Bolivia travel blog
Salt flats, flamingoes and volcanoes
Oct 9, 2005

... de Uyuni is the largest, highest salt lake on earth (we´re aware that we´ve been using lots of superlatives recently, but Bolivia is a country of superlatives) and they are immense, blinding and disorentating. As far as the eye can see is a perfectly flat ...

A travel blog entry by angiedarren
Altiplano, Altiplano, Bolivia travel blog
Altiplano
Jul 8, 2007

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A travel blog entry by wagsnetberd
Flamingos in the Mountains, Altiplano Crossing, Bolivia travel blog
Flamingos in the Mountains
Oct 16, 2006

It was funny crossing the border into Bolivia, the Chileans were bumpin some 80s music on loudspeakers. They had daylight savings the night before but Bolivians don´t recognize that so we had to go back to the old time anyways. The drive after we ...

A travel blog entry by nerdelyi

Forum Discussions on Altiplano (5)

Busses from LaPaz
Posted on Jul 23, 2009, 22:12:50
... leaves at 8:00 pm, and at 9:00 pm only on Wednesday and Sunday. Keep in mind La Paz airport is at El Alto on the altiplano, and it takes about an hour to wind down the mountainside to the city centre. I would say that if your flight arrives at 8:00 pm ...
Buenos Aires to Cusco
Posted on Nov 10, 2008, 13:26:09
... indians, though this tends to be a bit touristy these days. From Puno there is regular bus and rail to Cusco right across the altiplano, about 8 hours. You can do this all in 23 days, but you must plan carefully. Many routes may have only one bus a ...
Santiago to Cuzco ... and back???
Posted on Dec 17, 2008, 12:57:37
... bus to Cusco. In Cusco take the trip to Machu Picchu, but stay at least one night at Aguas Calientes. Return across the Altiplano to Lake Titicaca and Puno (skipping Juliaca), then La Paz, Oruro, Jujuy, Salta, Cordoba and Mendoza. Then a brief hop over ...
The Must-Dos, Must Eats, Must Haves of South America!
Posted on Jun 21, 2007, 12:14:42
I'd say you have to go to the nightclubs in Colombia, visit the altiplano in Bolivia (near La Paz), and get robbed on the bus in Peru. haha. Just kidding on that last one, but it seems to be what people remember from Peru these days!

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