Bolivia anyone?

[Vic]

Just saw this photo essay on Bolivia's salt flats. A unique photographic destination:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ea...-of-the-worlds-known-reserves-of-lithium.html

(Click on the photo to show the arrows that advance the pictures.)

 

[tlitody]

Really nice images. Just wonder how your equipment would last in that environment.

 

[morgan]

Looks like it would be really interesting place to photograph. I'd love to get to explore central america more.

 

[ath]

Well, the brakes of the Toyota Land cruisers do not hold up very well. We drove three days over the salar de Uyuni and the highland south of it in one with ALL brakes not working. The driver didn't bother to tell us in advance, we found it out after having nearly an accident.

Photographically absolutely stunning.

Isla de pescadores / Salar de Uyuni:

Laguna Colorada

 

[35mmdelux]

Bolivia was the center of the coca trade until the Columbian cartel muscled in. Proceed with caution.

 

[dirojas]

Its an amazing place, and it is really huge. I don´t remember the exact size, but the salt lake is something like 100 km of diameter. Wonderful.

I found Bolivia pretty safe if you stay at the tourist areas, specially around Uyuni, which is pretty small. Don´t expect a lot of comfort though. Coca is pretty common in Los Andes, people usually makes tea from coca leaves... very nice and it helps with the altitude (>4000 meters above sea level).

 

[Vic]

Coincidentally, I saw Andrew Zimmern last night, he did a tour of Bolivia. A really nice country.

http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Bizarre_Foods/Episodes_Travel_Guides/Episode_Bolivia

 

[lawrence]

It's a great place -- I was there last year. In some ways it's stuck in a time-warp. If you go, don't miss the old silver mine at Potosi (not recommended if you get altitude sickness).

 

[morgan]

On the Zimmern episode it stated that Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and Che Guevara, all died in Bolivia.

Did Zimmern then dig them up and eat them?