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Uyuni : Usual sunrise - Habituel lever de soleil
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  • By Maillekeul on March 22, 2004
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    We couldn't miss it : Stef Reporter and I woke up really early and went out of our salt hotel, to enjoy the sunrise over the salar... Great !!

    On ne pouvait pas le manquer : Stef Reporter et ma tronche nous sommes leves tot et sommes sortis de notre hotel de sel pour profiter du lever de soleil sur le salar... Super !

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    Uyuni : La reserva fauna andina eduardo avaroa
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  • By Maillekeul on March 22, 2004
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    The place to see the red Laguna colorada and some flamingos (you will be fed up with flamingos, in the end !!!). Careful ! Don't walk along the edge of the laguna, it's like a swamp !!

    L'endroit pour mater la rouge lagune colorada et quelques flamingos (vous en aurez un peu ras le bol, des flamands, a force !). Attention, marchez pas trop au bord de la lagune, c'est comme un marecage !!!

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    Uyuni : The salt fabric - La fabrique de sel
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  • By Maillekeul on March 22, 2004
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  • Him - Lui - Bolivia
    Him - Lui
    by Maillekeul
    This guy may try and explain to you how they manufacture the sand of the salar... Only problems : he's chewing loads of coca leaves and some teeth are missing : we didn't get it...

    Ce mec va vous expliquer la facon de recueilir et distribuer le sel du salar. Seuls problemes : il mache une tonne de feuilles de coca et il lui manque quelques dents : on a rien compris...

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    San Borja : The banking day .. La fete au village
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  • By Maillekeul on December 30, 2003
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  • San Borja is a small town, lost between Trinidad and Rurrenabaque (North of Bolivia).
    We had to stay one night there, in a hostel I would never recommend (full of spiders and mosquitoes). Though, the town was boiling : it was its banking day... Big feast, local people typically dressed, drunk guys everywhere, yelling women, brass all night...

    San Borja est une ville minuscule, perdue entre Trinidad et Rurrenabaque (nord de la Bolivie). On a du rester une nuit ici, dans un hotel que je ne recommenderai pas (trop d'araignees et de moustiques). Toutefois, la ville etait en ebullition : c'etait la fete du village ... Grosse soiree, les locaux dansant en tenue typique, des morts-saouls partout, des femmes hurlant, et des cuivres toute la nuit...

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    Potosi : The mines of course..Les mines, bien sur
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  • By Maillekeul on December 30, 2003
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  • The mines of Potosi are famous all around the world (and if you don't know their story, you better have a quick look on any history website !!!)... Their visit may bring to the miners some money (really few) and they really need it...

    Les mines de Potosi sont mondialement connues (et si c'est pas votre cas, allez vite regarder ca sur n'importe quel site d'histoire)... Leur visite peut rapporter un peu (pas beaucoup) d'argent aux mineurs, et ils en ont vraiment besoin...

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    World's Most Dangerous Road
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  • Updated By AlbuqRay on September 6, 2005
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    Most Dangerous Road
    by AlbuqRay
    We took the new road down from La Cumbre. It is not quite completed and is not busy. However, on the way back from Coroico, we took the world's most dangerous road (based on annual fatalities). It is mostly one lane and unpaved with no guardrails. The views are spectacular and you even drive through a waterfall. We only had one real gasp when a big lorry came around a corner. Obviously it ended well. You may want to take one of the mountain bike tours down the road (see my Sports Travel tips).

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    Island in the Salt Plain
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  • Back Side of Incahuasi - Bolivia
    Back Side of Incahuasi
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    Incahuasi (sometimes mistakenly called Isla de Pescado or Fish Island) is in the middle of the world's largest salt plain. It has huge cacti that only grow one centimeter a year, so they are very old. A hiking trail circles the small island. The rocks are covered with fossiled algae and are sharp like lava rock. You must pay a fee (8 Bs) before you start your walk. See also my Salar de Uyuni travelogue.

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  • Address: Middle of Salar de Uyuni
  • Directions: Approximately 60 km west of Colchani
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    Copacabana..a nice town
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  • Updated By lemondrop on June 26, 2006
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  • Heading towards the beach - Bolivia
    Heading towards the beach
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    Copacabana is worth at least a couple of nights stay. It's a perfect base for exploring Lake Titicaca. Boats depart here for Isla del Sol and Isla de Luna. There is a nice church with adjacent plaza to check out.The trucha (Lake Titicaca trout) is worth the trip here alone. Watching the sunset along the beach (or up on Cerro Calvario hill nearby) should not be missed.

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    Laguna Colorado
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  • Laguna Colorado from Lookout Hill - Bolivia
    Laguna Colorado from Lookout
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    Laguna Colorado is a spectacular sight at 4278 m. (14,035 ft.) elevation. It is a large lake with clear blue and cloudy red water lapping on white borax shores. The color is from red algae. You are certain to see the rare James flamingo there. The flamingos seem to prefer the water where some large springs run into the lake from a lava rock hill.

    It's a good walk from the Colque shelter to the hill, which is a good lookout point. You must cross an inlet using stepping stones, so be careful. Be warned that it can be very windy and cold at Laguna Colorado. Take cold weather gear with you. You will be there at the end of the day and the temperature will drop dramatically as the sun goes down.

    Colque Tours has a rough shelter at Laguna Colorado...three bunk beds to a room, no running water and a not so good banos (see my Not for the Fastidious tip). It was so cold and windy that my sleeping bag felt good, even inside the shelter. Hey, for one night, no problem.

    See also my On the Way to Laguna Colorado and Most Southern Bolivia travelogues.

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  • Address: About 250 km. southwest of Uyuni
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    Fabled Mountain of Silver
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  • Cerro Rico from Belen Rooftop - Bolivia
    Cerro Rico from Belen Rooftop
    by AlbuqRay
    Potosi was one of the largest, richest cities in the world in the 1600's, all because of Cerro Rico. It was a mountain rich with silver and tin, standing 5165 m then but now is 4830 m due to centuries of mining. The legend says the riches were discovered when a shepherd built a campfire one night and liquid silver ran out from under it. Now silver and tin are hard to find. Although the legacy of colonial architecture remains, so do polluted rivers, barren slopes and miners struggling to make a living. See also my travelogue, It Was One of the World's Great Cities, and my travel tips on Potosi.

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