Bolivia - Tupiza to Uyuni Photo Gallery by Dan & Sarah at pbase.com

Bolivia - Tupiza to Uyuni

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Tupiza street parade	circle dancing next to the plaza	ghouls and vampires	Tupiza terrain
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid territory	Sarah with Negrita	flat pieces of rock stabbing the sky	red, dry canyons
creeping	Valle de los Machos	Quebrada de Palmira	on the road again
a break from the horses	Southern Bolivia peaks...	and crags	daggers
thinking antennae	our guide resting with the horses	bristling red cactus	returning to Tupiza with walking cholitas
Tupiza chores	View of Tupiza...	from the Cerro Corazon de Jesus	loading the jeep for our 4-day trip
The Saddle	El Sillar	stalled truck blocking our route	inching by
llamas!	our 1st lunch stop	Chilcobija, a mining village	Abraham and Dan mining for gold
San Vicente	the cemetery where Butch and Sundance are supposedly buried	population 40	Highland children
the road to San Pablo	golden light	yellow sunset	San Pablo de Lipez plaza
I smell something funny	view of San Pablo, chico pueblo	Day 2 - fixing the car	road break
endless antiplano	mud brick home	Cholita	baby wraparound
deserted valley	abandoned village	at least 100 year old rock home	more preventative care?
the way to Chica Quetana	Dan, Justina, and Abraham looking for gold nuggets	chalky white and terracotta boulders	our first lake view
road this way	pee break by canyon cliffs	the grassy bog	flamingos on an indigo lake
high altitude birdbath	cruising...	smoke-like clouds	Volcan Licancabur
-7 degrees celsius in the morning	Laguna Blanca	the view from our accomodation	the picture says it all
Laguna Verde	the perfect breakfast stop	desert of rocks	High plains
Rocas de Dali	Sol de Mañana geothermal pools	bubbling pots and fumaroles	dagger ice
Laguna Colorado	rich red color derived from algae and plankton	pink flamingos	the blushing sky reflected
view from the coastline	white lines of borax, sodium, magnesium, and gypsum	blurry desert illusion	Arbol de Piedra
roadside rock waves	llareta (hard coral-like moss)	Laguna Honda (or Hedionda)	feasting flamingos
beachside stroll	posing pink	solo flyer	flamingos in flight
Laguna Cañapa	golden grassland	San Juan	our accomodation
pretty llamas	taking a rest	San Juan pueblos	Justina on the Salar
salt mining	moist salt flakes	Salar de Uyuni	salt building blocks
endless plains for 12106-sq-km	salt patterns	Isla de los Pescadores	Isla Inca Huasi (Inca Houses)
I am cactus	cactus bloom	Justina and Abraham hunting for tea herbs	as good place as any to change a tire
Salar highway	I love salt!	Justina and Abraham hunting for crystals	salt crystals
Ojos del Salar	Dan at the salt mine	kite flying in Colchani	for the dirty traveller
Uyuni train cemetery - 'This is the life'	endless abandoned trains	life's equation	train art 1
train art 2	train art 3	choo-choo	burning trash

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Jakob Ehrensvärd		28-Dec-2004 01:18
Great gallery

Jeronimo		25-Jul-2003 15:14
Beautiful!!! I did the exact same trip with Valle Hermoso Tours. I will make a link from my Tupiza / Valle Hermoso webpage if that's alright with you. http://bolivia.freehosting.net)

Trance		14-Feb-2003 03:46
Very good view and colour...nice place I hope go there next time...i wish

Dad & Mom G.		16-Oct-2002 19:17
Your pictures continue to amaze us. I'ts interesting how rustic Bolivia is and how much it looks like out west. Is that you in the little green MG in Northern Argentina Dan? Did you forget to check to oil in the truck? :} Take care of each other and God Bless D & M G.

Dana		16-Oct-2002 03:01
Beautiful! Again! Keep 'em coming! D

Birgit		15-Oct-2002 17:33
Hi Dan and Sarah, your pictures are great. It is like to do the trip again. Bolivia is great. Enjoy your trip! Birgit & Marion

Michael		14-Oct-2002 18:49
Amazing images, you seem to have perfect weather everywhere. I envy you this trip! How did you arrange the logistics, did it take forever?

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