Sep 2017 – Feb 2018

The South American Odyssey

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Day 8
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 2:36 PM
⛅ 27 °C
Altitude: 2,996 m
Bolivia Buen Retiro -19.53333, -65.2433319°31’60” S 65°14’36” W
Sucre-Potosi interesting views
October 7, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Some more beautiful places on the way.
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Day 8
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 2:47 PM
☀️ 18 °C
Altitude: 3,314 m
Bolivia Lequesani -19.59, -65.2819°35’24” S 65°16’48” W
Sucre-Potosi clouds added to the beauty
October 7, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
The already scenic route was given a dramatic effect by the clouds overhanging the mountains. At some places we crossed 4200 mts above msl.
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Day 8
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 3:02 PM
☀️ 19 °C
Altitude: 3,197 m
Bolivia Mojotorillo -19.575, -65.4166719°34’30” S 65°25’0” W
Sucre-Potosi amazing formations
October 7, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
There was this one section of the road near Potosi where there were some amazing geological formations right next to the road. The land had uplifted and multiple layers of different textures and colors had been exposed to the atmosphere. The softer layers like sandstone had been eroded while the hard lava basalt had remained to make for some very dramatic formations. There were honeycomb erosion effects as well there.
A lovely spot, worth stopping by for a few minutes.Read more
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The Craze for TravellingThen what😊😊
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Day 8
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 3:29 PM
☀️ 18 °C
Altitude: 3,302 m
Bolivia Rodeo -19.56833, -65.5016719°34’6” S 65°30’6” W
Sucre-Potosi superb landscape
October 7, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Beautiful landscape on the Sucre-Potosi road continued further towards Potosi. We decided to stop at Potosi for the night. Since we had data now, searching and booking the room was not that hard.
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Day 8
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 5:03 PM
⛅ 31 °C
Altitude: 3,866 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.57, -65.75519°34’12” S 65°45’18” W
Potosi hotel
October 7, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
We found a nice place to stay at Hotel Churata at Potosi. They had their own garage so the vehicle was safe but the parking in the basement was a bit of a challenge as can be seen in the pics. They charged is 150 b$ for a twin room.Read more
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Day 8
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 5:19 PM
⛅ 31 °C
Altitude: 3,973 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58667, -65.75519°35’12” S 65°45’18” W
Potosi Town
October 7, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
It was just 5pm so we decided to go check out the town of Potosi. The town is about 3800 mts above sea level and we found out that the city center was about 3 kms from the hotel. That would have been too much of a climb since we had not yet acclamatized to the altitude. Luckily, there we frequent buses from opposite the hotel to the city center. We took one of these and got off very near the city center at the main Marcado when our micro banged into the vehicle behind and the fight started.Read more
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Day 8
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 6:13 PM
☀️ 18 °C
Altitude: 3,996 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58833, -65.7533319°35’18” S 65°45’12” W
Potosi - Main square
October 7, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
From the Mercado Central, we walked to main square that has many interesting buildings from the colonial era. The main one being the National Mint of Bolivia. We saw a nice building a bit away from the main square and decided to have a look. It was the tower of Jesus and had a staircase to the bell tower. We decided to go ans have a look at the town from above. What luck and what a great idea it was. The views from above were stunning.Read more
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Day 8
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 6:22 PM
⛅ 11 °C
Altitude: 3,996 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58833, -65.7533319°35’18” S 65°45’12” W
Potosi - Views from above
October 7, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
The sunset views of the town from the bell tower were breathtaking in every direction. See for yourself.
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Day 8
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 6:42 PM
⛅ 33 °C
Altitude: 3,965 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58833, -65.75519°35’18” S 65°45’18” W
Potosi at night
October 7, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
As the night fell, all the buildings around were lit up and the place had a surreal feel to it.
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Day 8
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 6:57 PM
☀️ 20 °C
Altitude: 3,996 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58833, -65.7533319°35’18” S 65°45’12” W
Potosi - More of Main Square
October 7, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
More pics of the buildings in and around the main square.
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Day 8
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 7:14 PM
☀️ 17 °C
Altitude: 3,996 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58833, -65.7533319°35’18” S 65°45’12” W
Potosi - The obelisk
October 7, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Just off the main square is an obelisk with nice statues and lawns around.
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Day 8
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 7:52 PM
☀️ 21 °C
Altitude: 3,996 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58833, -65.7533319°35’18” S 65°45’12” W
Potosi - Food hunt
October 7, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
It was about 8 pm by now so we decided to go to the Mercado Central for some food. On the way, we saw an old lady selling popcorn and of course decided to taste a few. She was using a pretty manual way of popping them but we got them hot and really enjoyed it.
At the Mercado Central, we found that the market was quite different than the ones we had seen in other town. There were no food stalls, only fruits, vegetables and meat sellers, those had closed everything by now. We asked around and were told that the food stalls were near one of the exits of the market.Read more
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Day 8
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 8:06 PM
☁️ 14 °C
Altitude: 3,973 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58667, -65.75519°35’12” S 65°45’18” W
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Potosi - Food hunt goes vegetarian
October 7, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
There were quite many food stalls near the market. People were sitting and eating in the open air. But, we couldn't find anything vegetarian there so we decided to go on and search a bit further in the markets that were never ending. We ended up at the beautifully lit San Clemente church. There we searched on Google and found a few restaurants nearby. We decided to go to Magic Manzana (Magic Apple).Read more
Traveler We have the same vendors in Amritsar !
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Traveler I like the bags and jackets behind you !
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The Craze for Travelling Ha ha ha.. They have worldwide branches
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The Craze for Travelling Get a big bag if you want to shop 😁😁
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Day 8
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 8:38 PM
☀️ 3 °C
Altitude: 3,973 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58667, -65.75519°35’12” S 65°45’18” W
Magic Manzana
October 7, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
When reached Magic Manzana, we found it was a vegetarian restaurant. That was a surprise and a pleasant one for me 😁
As soon as we entered the restaurant, we heard music and fireworks outside. The owner explained it was a protest march by the students of the university against politicians not respecting the constitution. A parody march actually. It was a lot of music and dancing and students dressed up as politicians and devil. It lasted for about 15-20 minutes and we watched the whole procession from the restaurant window.
Right place, right time again😁Read more
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Day 8
Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 9:06 PM
⛅ 10 °C
Altitude: 3,973 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58667, -65.75519°35’12” S 65°45’18” W
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End of Day, Potosi
October 7, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
The procession continued for a few minutes while we enjoyed it from our vantage position.
After that we had a good 2 course vegetarian meal. I had cream of tomato soup and a quinoa burger. Both were very delicious.
After the food, we decided to walk the 2 kms back to the hotel. On the way we came across a huge local market that had closed by this time but the covered stalls were still there and my guess is it was a good part of 1.5 kms. One of the juice stalls was still open so we had papaya juice. I had it with milk and Hristo with water.Read more
Traveler Where is the Burger ?
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Traveler I like the juice glasses as well
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The Craze for Travelling In another picture😉
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The Craze for Travelling 👍👍
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Day 9
Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 11:03 AM
☀️ 17 °C
Altitude: 3,835 m
Bolivia Kelcata -19.79667, -66.0519°47’48” S 66°3’0” W
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Cañón las Rocas
October 8, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
On the way, there's an interesting place where one can stop by for a while to enjoy the red colored rock formations made by the weathering of the red sandstone.
Traveler What are these formations called ?
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The Craze for Travelling Just called pillars. No fancy name for them 😜
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Day 9
Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 12:38 PM
🌙 7 °C
Altitude: 3,605 m
Bolivia Ticatica -20.15, -66.31520°9’0” S 66°18’54” W
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Refueling on the way
October 8, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Once beyond Potosi, fuel is hard to get by and after Uyuni, it wouldn't be available at all so we decided to refill at one of the villages where we saw a fuel pump sign.
We drove around the small village but couldn't find the pump. After talking to the locals we figured, almost everyone of them sells gasoline. So we found one of the locals that had some available and bought 20L for 120 b$. This we learnt later was a bit higher than the normal fuel rate of 3.73 b$.Read more
Traveler OMG ! It reminds of my college days when my bike's tank got empty !!
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The Craze for Travelling Ha ha ha.. That's how thieves used to steal fuel from parked cars as well 😉
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Day 9
Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 2:53 PM
☀️ 17 °C
Altitude: 3,686 m
Bolivia Cuadrilla Once -20.48167, -66.8383320°28’54” S 66°50’18” W
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Uyuni - Train cemetery
October 8, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Once we reached Uyuni, our 1st stopover was a the train cemetery. Its the last resting place of old steam locomotives that were the main power horses during the Spanish colonial era. Now, there's not much use left for these so they were all dumped in the desert around Uyuni.
Its a nice tourist attraction now.Read more
Traveler I can see ORANNGE !!
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The Craze for Travelling 😁😁😁
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Day 9
Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 3:20 PM
⛅ 15 °C
Altitude: 3,668 m
Bolivia Cuadrilla Once -20.48167, -66.8366720°28’54” S 66°50’12” W
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Uyuni train cemetery. More of it.
October 8, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We spent about 30 min looking around and climbing on the old steam locomotives.
Traveler Nice click !
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Traveler Wooww !!
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The Craze for Travelling Thanks
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The Craze for Travelling Cool.. Isn't it?😀
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Day 9
Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 4:21 PM
⛅ 27 °C
Altitude: 3,677 m
Bolivia Uyuni -20.465, -66.82520°27’54” S 66°49’30” W
Colchani festival
October 8, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
After Uyuni, we drove to Colchani. More or less the raw salt desert starts from this small village. We planned to see the salt museum in the village.
When we reached there, we found out that the salt museum was closed since there was a local festival going on.
Again, right place, right time for us 😁
We decided to have a look. It was a nice mix of local singing and dancing, followed by some sort of a modern concert on the stage. The villagers from all around were there with their traditional dresses and headgear. It was a riot of colors and heasy dancing.Read more
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Day 9
Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 4:37 PM
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 3,660 m
Bolivia Colchani -20.3, -66.9383320°18’0” S 66°56’18” W
Colchani
October 8, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Colchani, like other villages in this region is a small one with dusty roads and mud houses. We stopped by at some of the local artisan shops selling souvenirs made of salt. Hristo had his meal at the festival. We could find anything vegetarian to eat here.Read more
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Day 9
Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 5:04 PM
☀️ 24 °C
Altitude: 3,658 m
Bolivia Colchani -20.305, -66.9733320°18’18” S 66°58’24” W
Palacio de Sal
October 8, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
From Colchani onwards, it was salt everywhere around.
Our 1st stop was at the Palacio de Sal. One of the many hotels in this area, made fully of salt. We stopped and had a look around the place. The room rent for 1 night is $190 for the cheapest room.Read more
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Day 9
Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 5:36 PM
🌙 20 °C
Altitude: 3,656 m
Bolivia Uyuni -20.31167, -66.9966720°18’42” S 66°59’48” W
Ojos de Sal
October 8, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
The eye of the salt is a clear salted water pool bubbling out from below the ground in the middle of the salar salt plains.
The water is clear but very salty. We dipped our hands in the water to feel the consistency and immediately on drying, the hands were white with salt. We tasted it and found it to be very salty. I'm not sure why and how salt water is seeping out from below the ground.
All around us were baked and crystallized salt planes. Its a surreal sight.Read more
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Day 9
Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 5:58 PM
⛅ 6 °C
Altitude: 3,659 m
Bolivia Uyuni -20.33, -67.0466720°19’48” S 67°2’48” W
Dakar monument
October 8, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
In the middle of the salt plains is the monument commemorating the Dakar race held in the salar in 2014. There are llama figurines made of salt nearby. We stopped there for a while.
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Day 9
Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 6:07 PM
☀️ 11 °C
Altitude: 3,659 m
Bolivia Uyuni -20.33, -67.0466720°19’48” S 67°2’48” W
Worldwide flags
October 8, 2017 in Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Near the Dakar monument, there is a place where one can find flags from quite a few countries in the world. Hristo found the Bulgarian flag and I found 2 Indian flags. Unfortunately, no Swedish flag 😯
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