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In America, Bolivia 2001, Highlight, Traveled places On  27/12/2001  No comments

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• Border Peru – Bolívia
• Laja – Tiahuanaco
• La Paz – Culture
• Bicycle Tour to Coroico
• Rurrenabaque and the Pampas
• Copacabana and Lake Titicaca
• Chacaltaya and Valle de la Luna
• Sucre
• Potosì
• Uyuni
• Salar de Uyuni tour to Chile
• Border Bolívia – Chile

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In America, Bolivia 2001 On  11/08/2001  One comment

The tour starts in Colcachi, a city by the salar in which the main activity is salt extraction. We saw the salt process, the withdrawal, the drying and the wrapping up. Later we visit the salt hotels. They are all constructed with salt blocks: walls, chairs, beds. When we went back to the car, it didn’t start. We had that to push it.

We drove to “Isla Pescado”, the original name was Inca Huasi, that means ¨House of the Incas¨. There I decided to stay for the night. In the island, the only inhabitants are a couple that takes care of the place. I slept in a room offered by them. I had gotten a permit by the Turist office to sleep and photograph the island. Next day I continued the tour with my group. We went back to Uyuni to get a 4 wheel drive car. Next stop was San Cristobal, a small village where we slept.

Second day we woke up early, we had an 8 hour trip to “Lagoa Colorada”...