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Uyuni - Nearly enough salt for all the chips I want to eat #OliviaInBolivia Andrew and his friend at the Cactus Island Arrival An English girl abroad (Pre-warning, there are a lot of photos in this post) Uyuni is a dyslexic nightmare to spell... We arrived in Uyuni after a very stressful morning. In a sleep induced state we'd managed to lock the keys in the apartment before we'd unlocked the downstairs door, thankfully two things happened. Firstly a rather confused man let us out of the downstairs door and secondly the bus was delayed so we bought our ticket and ran out just in time to catch the bus (we didn't think we'd make it and I was very close to giving up on the stupid (nearly vertical) hill to the stupid bus stop...) Such fun When we had arrived in Oruro we transferred to Uyuni. It was a very odd experience in the bus station as it is not a nationalised bus service but rather an group of bus companies that offer their services. As a re...

Passing through La Paz #OliviaInBolivia In my country Hear Ye, Hear Ye, thine Queen hath spoketh. We went to visit my people, although they spelt Olivia wrong, what’s with the B? We landed in El Alto, a City on the outskirts of La Paz, at the top of the mountains before we descended into the City Centre (a mere 3,600m above sea level). Whereupon we met our host who chuckled at the name Olivia, before declaring it to be a beautiful name. La Montana and the Market starting to clear The high altitude and 3 rd floor apartment with huge windows gave beautiful views of the mountains and their stunning sunrises (for Andrew) and sunsets (for both of us). The scenery around La Paz and Bolivia in general is truly breath-taking. First steps on the moon Our apartment was right in the heart of the city and on the weekends the normal street market exploded into a grand bazaar of a street market. With various vegetables sold, fruit, raw fish and meat (unrefri...

Central Celestial Scenes Our second installment of South America covers the alien and celestial landscapes of Bolivia and Northern Chile La Paz Spirit of the Andes sculpture in Valle De La Luna Salar De Uyuni We tried to be friends... San Pedro De Atacama The Pukara de Quitor Arica San Marco Church, designed by Gustave Eiffel Overview European Ecstasy Adventures in Asia Pacific Paradise Southern South American Splendour Central Celestial Scenes Incan Delights Heading North