The South American Odyssey

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zaterdag 7 oktober 2017 om 14:36
⛅ 27 °C
Hoogte: 2.996 m
Bolivia Buen Retiro -19.53333, -65.2433319°31’60” S 65°14’36” W
Sucre-Potosi interesting views
7 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Some more beautiful places on the way.
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Dag 8
zaterdag 7 oktober 2017 om 14:47
☀️ 18 °C
Hoogte: 3.314 m
Bolivia Lequesani -19.59, -65.2819°35’24” S 65°16’48” W
Sucre-Potosi clouds added to the beauty
7 oktober 2017, 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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Dag 8
zaterdag 7 oktober 2017 om 15:02
☀️ 19 °C
Hoogte: 3.197 m
Bolivia Mojotorillo -19.575, -65.4166719°34’30” S 65°25’0” W
Sucre-Potosi amazing formations
7 oktober 2017, 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.Meer informatie
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Dag 8
zaterdag 7 oktober 2017 om 15:29
☀️ 18 °C
Hoogte: 3.302 m
Bolivia Rodeo -19.56833, -65.5016719°34’6” S 65°30’6” W
Sucre-Potosi superb landscape
7 oktober 2017, 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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Dag 8
zaterdag 7 oktober 2017 om 17:03
⛅ 31 °C
Hoogte: 3.866 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.57, -65.75519°34’12” S 65°45’18” W
Potosi hotel
7 oktober 2017, 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.Meer informatie
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Dag 8
zaterdag 7 oktober 2017 om 17:19
⛅ 31 °C
Hoogte: 3.973 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58667, -65.75519°35’12” S 65°45’18” W
Potosi Town
7 oktober 2017, 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.Meer informatie
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Dag 8
zaterdag 7 oktober 2017 om 18:13
☀️ 18 °C
Hoogte: 3.996 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58833, -65.7533319°35’18” S 65°45’12” W
Potosi - Main square
7 oktober 2017, 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.Meer informatie
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Dag 8
zaterdag 7 oktober 2017 om 18:22
⛅ 11 °C
Hoogte: 3.996 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58833, -65.7533319°35’18” S 65°45’12” W
Potosi - Views from above
7 oktober 2017, 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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Dag 8
zaterdag 7 oktober 2017 om 18:42
⛅ 33 °C
Hoogte: 3.965 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58833, -65.75519°35’18” S 65°45’18” W
Potosi at night
7 oktober 2017, 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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Dag 8
zaterdag 7 oktober 2017 om 18:57
☀️ 20 °C
Hoogte: 3.996 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58833, -65.7533319°35’18” S 65°45’12” W
Potosi - More of Main Square
7 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
More pics of the buildings in and around the main square.
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Dag 8
zaterdag 7 oktober 2017 om 19:14
☀️ 17 °C
Hoogte: 3.996 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58833, -65.7533319°35’18” S 65°45’12” W
Potosi - The obelisk
7 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Just off the main square is an obelisk with nice statues and lawns around.
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Dag 8
zaterdag 7 oktober 2017 om 19:52
☀️ 21 °C
Hoogte: 3.996 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58833, -65.7533319°35’18” S 65°45’12” W
Potosi - Food hunt
7 oktober 2017, 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.Meer informatie
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Dag 8
zaterdag 7 oktober 2017 om 20:06
☁️ 14 °C
Hoogte: 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
7 oktober 2017, 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).Meer informatie
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Dag 8
zaterdag 7 oktober 2017 om 20:38
☀️ 3 °C
Hoogte: 3.973 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58667, -65.75519°35’12” S 65°45’18” W
Magic Manzana
7 oktober 2017, 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😁Meer informatie
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Dag 8
zaterdag 7 oktober 2017 om 21:06
⛅ 10 °C
Hoogte: 3.973 m
Bolivia Potosí -19.58667, -65.75519°35’12” S 65°45’18” W
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End of Day, Potosi
7 oktober 2017, 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.Meer informatie
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Reiziger I like the juice glasses as well
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zondag 8 oktober 2017 om 11:03
☀️ 17 °C
Hoogte: 3.835 m
Bolivia Kelcata -19.79667, -66.0519°47’48” S 66°3’0” W
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Cañón las Rocas
8 oktober 2017, 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.
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The Craze for Travelling Just called pillars. No fancy name for them 😜
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Dag 9
zondag 8 oktober 2017 om 12:38
🌙 7 °C
Hoogte: 3.605 m
Bolivia Ticatica -20.15, -66.31520°9’0” S 66°18’54” W
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Refueling on the way
8 oktober 2017, 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$. This we learnt later was a bit higher than the normal fuel rate of 3.73 b$.Meer informatie
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Reiziger 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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zondag 8 oktober 2017 om 14:53
☀️ 17 °C
Hoogte: 3.686 m
Bolivia Cuadrilla Once -20.48167, -66.8383320°28’54” S 66°50’18” W
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Uyuni - Train cemetery
8 oktober 2017, 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.Meer informatie
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Reiziger I can see ORANNGE !!
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Dag 9
zondag 8 oktober 2017 om 15:20
⛅ 15 °C
Hoogte: 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.
8 oktober 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We spent about 30 min looking around and climbing on the old steam locomotives.
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Dag 9
zondag 8 oktober 2017 om 16:21
⛅ 27 °C
Hoogte: 3.677 m
Bolivia Uyuni -20.465, -66.82520°27’54” S 66°49’30” W
Colchani festival
8 oktober 2017, 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.Meer informatie
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zondag 8 oktober 2017 om 16:37
☀️ 22 °C
Hoogte: 3.660 m
Bolivia Colchani -20.3, -66.9383320°18’0” S 66°56’18” W
Colchani
8 oktober 2017, 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.Meer informatie
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Dag 9
zondag 8 oktober 2017 om 17:04
☀️ 24 °C
Hoogte: 3.658 m
Bolivia Colchani -20.305, -66.9733320°18’18” S 66°58’24” W
Palacio de Sal
8 oktober 2017, 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.Meer informatie
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Dag 9
zondag 8 oktober 2017 om 17:36
🌙 20 °C
Hoogte: 3.656 m
Bolivia Uyuni -20.31167, -66.9966720°18’42” S 66°59’48” W
Ojos de Sal
8 oktober 2017, 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.Meer informatie
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Dag 9
zondag 8 oktober 2017 om 17:58
⛅ 6 °C
Hoogte: 3.659 m
Bolivia Uyuni -20.33, -67.0466720°19’48” S 67°2’48” W
Dakar monument
8 oktober 2017, 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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zondag 8 oktober 2017 om 18:07
☀️ 11 °C
Hoogte: 3.659 m
Bolivia Uyuni -20.33, -67.0466720°19’48” S 67°2’48” W
Worldwide flags
8 oktober 2017, 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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