Laguna Celeste
12 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Laguna Celeste is a clear-blue lake coloured by magnesium and manganese. There were many flamingos in the lake and it was a stunning sight to see the bright red stand out against the cool blue of theЧитать далее
Breakfast at Laguna Celeste
12 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
It was a beautiful sight with the clear blue color of the lake and the bright red colors of the flamingos. There was nobody around. Ours had been the only vehicle in this area for almost an hour.
WeЧитать далее
Laguna Morijon viewpoint
12 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Back on the main road, the road continued to climb up some hills. Pretty soon, we were quite high. From these mountains, one can see a beautiful panoramic view of the Laguna Morijon. There were prayerЧитать далее
Dinosaur or llama footprints
12 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
The road continued to climb steadily and the scenery around, though stark was extremely beautiful. Eventually, we reach a rock that looked almost like the limestone cliff on which we had seen dinosaurЧитать далее
Towards San Antonio de Lipez
12 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
The road Eastwards, continued to climb and at some point, we were 5000 mts high.
San Antonio de Lipez (ghost town)
12 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We reached the ghost town of San Antonio de Lipez by about 6 pm as it was nearing sunset.
The town of San Antonio de Lípez was born as an enclave for the exploitation of silver. Fifty years ago itЧитать далее
Legend of the San Antonio de Lipez
12 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Legend has it that its workers made a pact with the devil to give them wealth through the mines. The miners did not keep their part of the pact, which killed all the mine workers. Some time later, theЧитать далее
Sunset at San Antonio de Lipez
12 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
The golden rays of the setting sun gave the ghost town of San Antonio de Lipez a very eerie feeling. Its just a mass of hundreds of stone buildings all lying in ruins now. A place where just a fewЧитать далее
Fish Island (Isla de los Pescados)
12 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
After spending some time taking the pictures, we proceeded to the Fish Island, so called since when there is water in the salar or when its very hot and tge island is in a mirage, the peculiar shapeЧитать далее
New San Antonio de Lipez
13 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
The place which we had managed to sleep in was an old mud brick house. There was a lot of dust everywhere. Even the beds we slept in had sheets that smelt of dust. But, we managed to get a goodЧитать далее
Breakfast with a view
13 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We started early and continued on the road. The views were amazing and we enjoyed every moment of the trip. We stopped on the way with a beautiful view to have our breakfast.
Through a dry riverbed canyon
13 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Further on, the road passes a beautiful, dry riverbed canyon. The tall sides of the canyon with stunning formations towering above the riverbed made for a very unique experience.
It was really anЧитать далее
Eroded mountains
13 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Further Eastwards, the mountains were made of loose top soil, there were deep erosion channels across the mountain faces. At one place, there was even a patch where there was marble.
Colorful hills
13 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
From there on, the road wound its way across some very beautiful landscape with multi colored hills and fantastic stone formations.
More views around El Sillar
13 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Quebrada de Palala
13 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Just outside of Tupiza we reached Quebrada de Palala.
The Quebrada de Palala is a broad riverbed which flows abundantly just a couple of rainy season months out of the year, but serves as aЧитать далее
Fins of the Quebrada de Palala
13 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Tupiza
13 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We exited the wonderland we had been traveling for the last 6 days at Tupiza. Tupiza is a small town that lies on the tarred highway in Bolivia. There are many hotels and restaurants.
We stopped overЧитать далее
Potosi to Sucre
14 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
We woke up early in Potosí. After a quick breakfast at the hotel, we were off to Sucre.
We reached Sucre at about 12 pm. After returning the vehicle, we took a taxi to the local bus terminal to catchЧитать далее
Sucre - Cochabamba
14 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
The taxi dropped us at the bus terminal at 1:30 pm. The next bus to Cochabamba was at 8 pm. But, there were quite a few smaller vans going between town. We took one of them. It costed us 100 b$ perЧитать далее
Cochabamba
14 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We reached Cochabamba at 8pm. Found a very good but cheap place opposite the bus terminal (Hotel Arasan). It was 320 b$ for a night. We had our dinner in the room. I finished updating the blog andЧитать далее
One more Laguna Blanca
14 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
After Laguna Celeste, we started driving Northwards towards Laguna Amarilla. On the way, we crossed many small mountain lakes. We crossed another lake, also called Laguna Blanca. (White Lake).
TheЧитать далее
El Sillar
15 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
After an hour or so, we reached El Sillar.
Sillar are giant columns of clay formed by erosion.
El Sillar, in English--The Saddle.
The winding road climbs up another quebrada (Quebrada ChiriyojЧитать далее
Off to Toro Toro
15 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
At the bus stop we found that the bus to Toro Toro goes from a different place, so we took a local van to the bis stop for 2b$ each. From the bus stop we took a shared mini van. It waited till all theЧитать далее
Cochabamba-Toro Toro Colorful mountains
15 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
The route to Toro Toro was really beautiful with mountains of many colors and hues. Prominent among them were white and red. The road was cobbled for quite many kilometers.