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Uyuni, Lipez

Uyuni, Lipez

 

After 1 day and 1 night on the Salar de Uyuni, we spent 2 days in the Uyuni (Lipez) region, close to the Chilean border.

Very nice sceneries even though we had to change the plans and to stay below 4.300 meters as it was snowing above that altitude.

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Skating Nataly ;-)

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It looks red… Yes! We could reach « Laguna Colorada ».

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Who would expect to meet ostriches in Bolivia at very high altitude…? Not us… but SURPRISE, we managed to find it! :-)

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Sunrise in Uyuni before boarding in the plane to La Paz

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18 juin 2013 46 comments Read More
Nuestra Señora de la Paz

Nuestra Señora de la Paz

 

Arriving in La Paz from El Alto… Impressive!

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Bolivia Presidential Palace on La Paz Main Square « Plaza Murillo »

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National Congress :

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If you love pigeons, you should definitely go to Plaza Murillo! ;-) Thousands of them there!

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Very nice hotel bedroom… We would recommend that hotel for sure.

Ask us the name of the hotel if you are planning to go to La Paz ;-)

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Like in many other places, delicious dishes in La Paz

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Quinoa desserts… Quinoa ice cream, quinoa cheesecake,…

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Titicaca – Bolivia

Titicaca – Bolivia

 

On the way to Copacabanaaa! :-) Titicaca lake is so BIG!

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Leaving PERU… for a few days

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Entering BOLIVIA!

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This brings luck! Si si! ;-)

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Let’s go on cruise!

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No, not on this one! ;-) On that one :

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In fact, we were on both boats: the bigger one for main journeys and for the night. The smaller boat made of totora reeds was (only) for a short fun cruise on the next day.

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Nice view from the bed, isn’t it?! :-)

 

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SUN ISLAND  on lake Titicaca :

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Wonderful! We love it! What a scenery! Beautiful mountains.

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Sun rise on sun island on Titicaca lake

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Will you find out what it is…?  We saw it next to the village at the start of one 3-4 hour hike.

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On one Inca trail

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We met one shaman. Youpie! :-)

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Allez chouchou! ;-)

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Allez chouchouuu! ;-)

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Clouds look so low and so big!

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Uyuni

Uyuni

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We got there : UYUNI

One city very far from Brussels and Slovakia ;-) 4 flights needed to get here.

After 3 days on Titicaca lake among which one night on Sun island, we passed by La Paz to fly to Uyuni.

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Like in many other cities and towns in Peru and Bolivia, there is a big kid’s playground in Uyuni, too.

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Train cemetery

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Nataly swinging…

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Getting to the main goal of the journey to Uyuni : the Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat.

More than 10.000 km², like 1/3 of Belgium or a bit more than 1/5 of Slovakia! ;-)

It contains 50 to 70% of the world’s lithium reserves!

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If you go there, do not forget to bring a Slovak flag. It is not there, yet.

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Incahuasi island in the center of the flat.

Impressive to see 60-70 km or more far on all sides.

Impressive, too, to see the +/- 6000 cactuses that are on the island.

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Very comfortable bedroom in the salt hotel

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16 mai 2013 34 comments Read More