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The backpack diaries – our top ten South American experiences
Blog: Chronicles of a year-long break-up - 21 December 2011
So this post is a little late – over a year late to be precise – but that’s okay because we still remember every miniscule detail of the trip as if it was yesterday. We’re determined to get back on the blogging horse and we have a few great European posts up our sleeves for [...]
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Daily Travel Snapshot: Tupiza, Bolivia
Blog: WildJunket - 6 August 2011
A street vendor sells oranges in the market of Tupiza, Bolivia. Click to see more photos of Bolivia.
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Bolivia’s Salt Flats: One Wild Ride The Wrong Way Round (Part 2)
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 26 October 2010
Last week we recounted Days 1 and 2 of our 1000km jeep tour from Tupiza to Uyuni around Bolivia’s wild Southwest Circuit. Now we continue with Days 3 & 4 when we finally reach the famous Salar de Uyuni: the world’s largest salt flats.
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Bolivia’s Salt Flats: One Wild Ride The Wrong Way Round (Part 1)
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 21 October 2010
We spent four days in a jeep driving through the wildest, most remote and stunning scenery we have ever experienced. We passed blue, green, red and white mineral lakes; multi-hued volcanoes; vast desert; llamas, vicuñas, and flamingos; and of course the famous, immense Salar de Uyuni: the world’s largest salt flats.
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Tupiza, Bolivia: Horse Riding in the Wild West
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 24 September 2010
Icy cold winds blow what little air there is through the dizzying altitudes of the Bolivian Andes as buses born before the War hurry along the windy roads, wheels suicidally kissing the lips of impossibly high cliffs. We were apprehensive about this foreboding country. Here, nature is in charge and she cares little for you.
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This town ain’t big enough for the eight of us. Tupiza, Bolivia
Blog: Chronicles of a year-long break-up - 6 August 2010
It was supposed to be just Gary and I travelling south from Uyuni to Tupiza. We had planned to hang out for a few days, shoot the breeze over a few beers, scrape the salt off the inside of our eyelids and eventually book a two-day horse riding tour of the area. According to Lonely [...]
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Day 91: Last Day in Bolivia
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 14 May 2010
Bicycle outside photo shop.. yes they can still develop 36 exp film here! Tupiza, it’s a relief to be here! Not really much to do or see, nearby landscapes are pretty much similar to what we’ve seen or will see over the next week. But it’s laid back and much warmer than Potosi or Uyuni – just what we need! Strange how our perspectives are a little twisted now. Having spent the last couple weeks
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Bloggier than Some Stranger’s Online Journal
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 29 April 2010
4/19/10: Tupiza, Bolivia Dad, in all my years growing up you had me convinced you were irreplaceable. You were quite wrong. Today I found out a BOB is worth about 14 cents. Zhou and I bought 360 of them! Ok, bad joke to start off this post. (Fortunately if you’re still reading this blog after [...]
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The horse that wouldn't go in Tupiza
Blog: Boodle's Adventure - around the world in 365 days - 15 January 2010
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Rawhide!
Blog: Cogs Watch - 15 January 2010
We began to notice a change in atmosphere as we headed south towards the Bolivian/Argentine border: horseback-riding cowboys, dusty roads and red cacti-covered hills - everything got a tad country and western, almost like a scene from a John Wayne movie. And what better incentive than that to get my cowgirl on, as they say: 'When in Rome...'.
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Bogged in Bolivia
Blog: Boodle's Adventure - around the world in 365 days - 15 January 2010
It was bound to happen. The roads aren't paved; the buses aren't 4WDs; and it had been raining.
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What you didn't know about Bolivian buses
Blog: Cogs Watch - 14 January 2010
Fact: You don't need to book a seat to travel long distances by bus in Bolivia. In fact, many locals bring the whole family and sit in the aisle partaking in various activities which include card playing, chicken eating or sleeping while standing up and/or lying down.Fact: Animals of all types are allowed to travel long distance on Bolivian buses, with or without a cage (and possibly with or without owner). There are usually no toilet stops on Bolivian buses.
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The Altiplano, Tupiza to Uyuni
Blog: Felicity Sees... - 15 September 2009
You know that feeling of dread you get before an exam you fear might go horribly wrong? Well that was pretty much how I felt as I signed on to a 4 day jeep tour to the remote altiplano in South West Bolivia: Travelling to freezing altitudes of 5000m into remote desert expanses crammed into a worn looking jeep with six strangers and a Spanish-speaking Bolivian driver with no means of bailing out? This, could go horribly wrong.
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Bienvenidos a Bolivia
Blog: Felicity Sees... - 11 September 2009
Buenas tardes chicos!Sorry for my absence over the past few days, but I have been gallavanting around the Bolivian altiplano sin electricity and so have not had a chance to update the blog!
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