Cueva Galaxias
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Cueva Galaxias was a bit bigger than the Cueva Infierno. The person at the ticket counter knew a little English so it was a bit easier for us to understand the formation of the cave. It was his fatherもっと詳しく
Cueva Galaxias coral formations
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
This is a sub-aquatic cave formed prior to the formation of the glaciers when volcanic eruptions took place when the lake that used to cover the Salar still existed. Inside you can see calcifiedもっと詳しく
Cueva Galaxias - Inner Chamber
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
The innermost chamber had even more delicate formations. This cave had been developed a bit more with tourists in mind when compared to the Cueva Infierno.
One of the formations was so fine that oneもっと詳しく
Chullpas Cemetery (Cueva Diablo)
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
A few meters from the Cueva Galaxias is the Chullpas Cemetery in another cave called the Cueva Diablo. This was a cave used as a cemetery by the pre-Inca
Cueva Galaxias Mirador
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Just above the Cueva Galaxias, one can get some very beautiful views of the bleak surroundings.
San Pedro de Quemes
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
From the Cueva Galaxias, we drove towards the village of San Pedro de Quemes. Its a nice small town in the middle of nowhere. There are some pre-Inca ruins in the village.
This is the place where oneもっと詳しく
To Sud Lipez
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
From San Pedro de Quemes, we started our journey down South into Sud Lipez, a very high altitude region in the altiplano with many colorful lakes and amazing scenery.
Just a few kms from the town, weもっと詳しく
Army post near Chiguana
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
On the way, we crossed over to the South over the railway line at Chiguana. As we approached the post, we were greeted by the friendly army people. Unfortunately due to the lack of a common language,もっと詳しく
Dust Devils
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
The road further south was very dry and dusty. It was quite windy as well. It was like a dust bowl where the constant wind and the heat from the sun kicked up a series of Dust Devils all across theもっと詳しく
The isolation continues
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
The isolated road continued further south. The place had a stark beauty about it. The dust devils continued to forrm and swirl around us.
After a while, the road started climbing into a series ofもっと詳しく
Further climb into the mountains
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
The road continued its climb up the mountains with dramatic scenery all around. It was mountains as well as desert topology in this region.
We continued further, till we caught our 1st sight of Lakeもっと詳しく
Laguna Cañapa
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Cañapa Lake (Laguna Cañapa) is an endorheic salt lake in the Potosí Department of southeastern Bolivia.
It was the 1st in a series of lakes we would be seeing as we travel further.
There were manyもっと詳しく
Laguna Cañapa stopover
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We stopped for a while and enjoyed the views, the peace and the quietness in the company of the flamingos in the Laguna Cañapa.
The place was surreal.
Laguna Hedionda
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
We drove on a bit further on the high altitude dusty road tikk we reached Laguna Hedionda.
Laguna Hedionda (Spanish for "stinking lake") is a saline lake in the Nor Lípez Province, Potosíもっと詳しく
Laguna Hedionda flamingos
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Laguna Hedionda is quite a big lake. We spent quite sometime driving along the edge of the lake and stopping at various points. The mountains around and the colors of the lake and sky along with theもっと詳しく
Laguna Negra
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
About a km away from the Laguna Hedionda is the Laguna Negra (Black Lake). The color of the lake is due to a black algae that grows in its water giving it a black color.
Laguna Ramaditas
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Our next stopover was the Laguna Ramaditas just another 2 kms from Laguna Negra.
It was quite cold and windy there. The time was about 6:30 pm, almost sunset time and the nearest village where weもっと詳しく
Sunset over the altiplano
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
As we left Laguna Ramaditas, the sun started setting behind the mountains nearby and it started getting dark very quickly.
We continued our journey South with the aim of reaching Laguna Coloradoもっと詳しく
Desert valleys
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
As we continued further, we passed many desert valleys with the 'road' cutting through the middle of the valleys. We were at a pretty high altitude now and it was quite cold outside.
In one of theもっと詳しく
Desert Snow
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
The white color of snow in one of the desert valley was accentuated by the light brown of the desert sand below. The constant wind blowing through the narrow valley gave some interesting shapes to theもっと詳しく
Night in the altiplano
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
By 7:30 even the twilight was fading away. The reflection of the sun light onto the few specs of clouds in the clear sky created beautiful colors keeping the light alive for a bit longer.
On the way,もっと詳しく
Milky Way in the desert night
2017年10月10日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Soon, it was pitch dark and the stars came out. The sky was full of tiny bits of lights in every conceivable corner. It was a breath taking sight.
This is how the sky should look like when we don'tもっと詳しく
Milky Way Laguna Colorado
2017年10月11日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
We reached Lake Colorado quite late in the night. There was a place right next to the lake where we could stay.
The lake lies within the limits of the Reserva Eduardo Avaroa National Park. We had toもっと詳しく
Stay at Lake Colorado
2017年10月11日, ボリビア ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Almost every tourist in this area leaves at 4:30 am in the morning to see the geysers at Sol de Mañana about 40 kms away since it is supposed to be more active in the cold of the morning. Since weもっと詳しく
Arbol de Piedra (Stone Tree)
2017年10月11日, ボリビア ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Arbol de Piedra is a stone tree that has been carved out of the howling, sandy winds. It sits in the middle of a high altitude desert. The altitude that I measured was 4606 mts above sea level.
It wasもっと詳しく





















































































































































