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We arrived in Uyuni at roughly 16:00, six and a half hours after leaving Potosi. We immediately checked into our hotel - Hotel Tonito and fortunately had some free time to check out the ...
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We stayed in Uyuni only to sleep for a few hours before our tour of the Salar Di Uyuni. It was a town in the middle of nowhere and a place I would not have liked ...
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Where the World Ends
(Mar 02 '07)
When I planned my trip to South America, I had no idea that Bolivia would hold one of the most amazing sites imaginable. For the past four days I have been left breathless by the beauty ( and the ...
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Uyuni and the Salt Flats, Bolivia
(Mar 29 '07)
"Uyuni and the Salt Flats, Bolivia - A 4 day adventure!"
We departed San Pedro de Atacama for Bolivia´s border first thing in the morning. Its about a 15-20 minute drive from the town itself, and we were ...
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On Top of the World
(Apr 14 '07)
From San Pedro we climbed to 4000 meters onto the Altiplano, crossing the border from Chile to Bolivia. Most people were feeling pretty crap with the altitude, headaches and lack of energy. The simple ...
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The salt flats
(May 19 '06)
From La Paz we caught two trains to reach Uyuni. The first, which was fairly bumpy & cramped, took us as far as a small town called Oruru where we were to wait a couple of hours until the second ...
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Salar de Uyuni
(Jun 01 '06)
Druing this part of the trip Crystal was feeling ill, so Vinson is writing this section
We arrived in Uyuni at 2.30am and its was a lovely -10 c. outside. We walked around the town and shortly ...
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Salar de Uyuni
(Dec 06 '06)
We arrived in Uyuni, a remote town on the edge of the Salar de Uyuni, the worlds largest salt flats. The bus journey took 6 hours, but the whole ride was through amazing landscape so we easily passed ...
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Bolivia: Crappy Busses, Endless Salt, & Backpack Thieves
(Jul 06 '06)
"His beady little eyes spelled guilt!"
Greetings from the great continent of South America and the not so great country of Bolivia!!! We have had quite an adventure since I talked to you all last. I ...
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Anyone for salt?
(Jul 23 '06)
After an overnight coach ride from La Paz to Uyuni, we arrived at around 7am to find the smallest and most desolute town on earth! It was incredible, and to be frank, a little eerie (think ghost town ...
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The Extremes of Bolivia & Salar de Uyuni
(Aug 07 '08)
"...then the biggest shock of all, being thrown of the bus 20 minutes out of town in the pitch black as the roads into the town were blocked off."
Salt Flats of Bolivia
(Oct 01 '07)
Hello veveryone well we have had a busy week, so here we go.... We left Salta and had the most painful journey across Argentina to the Bolivian order, we arrived at the border at 5am in the morning ...
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After a long three days in a 4x4 I have finally made it into Bolivia. The trip across the salt flats was difficult at times, the first night it hit -10 degrees and our ...
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