Update November 22, 2010: We crossed the boarder from San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) to Bolivia with a 3 days trip with a 4WD Jeep, which includes nice colorful lagoons, wonderful desert landscape, huge volcanos and the biggest salt desert called salar de uyuni. We had a awesome group and a super guide, which maybe drived without license:-) But who need a license to drive a car if there are now roads. Our highest peak on the tour was 4800 above sea level. Our breathing was like a old man, but we getting used to it after a while. Thanx to the coca leafs:-) The tour was definetly one of our best trip until now.
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| Migracion of Boliva - after 2 hrs we made it! |
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| The start of our tour |
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| First Lagoon (Laguna verde) |
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| A warm bath on 4000 meter above sea level |
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| Our last bath for the next 2 days |
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| Geyser Basin |
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| Don't touch it's hot |
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| Our grupo loco. A good mix (Natalie from Australia, Pauli from England, James from South Africa and Rozzi from New Zealand) |
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| Como te llama??? |
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| Beautiful Laguna Colorada |
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| Out of air on 4300m |
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Flamingo everywhere.... |
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Our Hostel for the first night (4300 m). After 6 Bottles of Wine we didn't feel the altittude and the cold (around zero degree) anymore:-) |
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Stone tree |
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Driving in the desert |
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| The only wildlife in the desert |
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| English guys have a big one. |
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| Drinking in the desert is very important |
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| Big volcano (over 6'000m) |
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| Crossing the railway in the salar de uyuni |
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| 5 o'clock in the morning waiting for the sunrise in the salar |
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| Muy frio |
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| Our nice guide Jaime |
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| Cactus Island on the salar |
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| It was a great view and you feel so good standing over this hugh salt flats, it's unreal |
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| Autsch... |
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| I 'm not coming back to Switzerland |
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| I sit on my big red passport from a small country |
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| Captain Sparrow in the salar..... |
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| Captain Jack is sailing around the world |
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They sell Toblerone in the salar
Update November 25, 2010: After 3 spectacular days in the desert we are back in the zivilisation. Thanx Jaime and all the group members for the good time. We arrived in Uyuni our first town in Bolivia. |
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| Downtown Uyuni with Local Market |
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| Update November 27, 2010: After a 10 hrs Bus ride on a really bumpy road, we reached the capitol La Paz. We are still on a altittude of 3600 meter above sealevel. We got a nice Hotel with private bathroom for 10 CHF for a night. The life in Bolivia is really very cheap. |
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| View down to La Paz |
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| Big mountains with snow in the backround |
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| Maybe she is cleaning our clothes |
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| Startpoint our downhill adventure "DEATH ROAD" on 4800 meter. We bike down to 1'000 meter. |
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| Let's go we are ready |
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| Crazy downhill bikers |
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| View to the death road |
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| Our drugs coca leafs for high altittude sickness |
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| Scared from the crazy ride on the death road. |
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| Already 18 people died since 2001 on this road. We were lucky... |
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| Fortunately we survived, YES!!!.... |
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| .....but still on an adrenalin rush on the way back. |
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| After this crazy ride we went out for a raclette in La Paz in a Swiss Restaurant. Delicious!!!! |
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Andreas from Fribourg (He got robbed too!!!) and Lambfish enjoying the raclette.
Update 30 November, 2010: From La Paz we went to Sorata, in this Valley we find a the real Bolivian livestyle, here the people are mostly farmer or work in the small Village in restaurants, hostals or as a taxi driver |
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Sorata a small Village in the Adean direct under the Mt. Illampu (6485m high) |
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| Our Hostal Mirrador, a great place to relax |
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On 4200m over sea level we start our hike with a guide to the Lagoon |
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Hiking on 4300m is not that easy |
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Our local guide |
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Cheese, tomato sandwich for lunch on the Lagoon |
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A bird..... |
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Farmland with korn and patatoes
Update December 02, 2010: From Sorata we had a four hour bus drive to Copacabana on the Lake Titicaca, this is the biggest lake in South America and 3811m over sea level |
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Our Bus on a ferry on Lake Titicaca |
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Copacabana Bolivia |
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Isla del Sol |
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North part Isla del Sol |
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Hiking on the top of the isla |
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Ceremonial Inca table where they burned the lama for god |
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Inca ruins |
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We were swimming with pigs in the Lago Titicaka....grunz |
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Traditional music and danee on the isla |
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Caramelo for a photo:-) |
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Hiking 8 km on an old Inka trail to the south part of the island over the hills |
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Sunset from the north part, taken from Roman |
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Sunset from the south part, taken from Christian on the same time (on the other side is Peru) |
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Cordillera Mountains |
