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Just one of the alien like landscapes we saw on the Salar dau Uyuni tour. It smelled of rotten eggs, the temperature of the water was around 90 degrees, the wind made it hard for us to stand there and the altitude of nearly 5500 meters made it tough for everyone to breathe!
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The sunrise from the top of Incahuasi on the Salar de Uyuni was totally worth the 4AM start in the dark and the cold. We stood on top of an "island" seeing but the salt as far as our eyes could reach. Seeing the sky and the ground go from shades of pink and yellow to blue and white, it was a pretty special morning.
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These women are referred to as "Cholitas" . They are of the Aymara descent. Big skirts, hair tied in two long braids and a hat are marks of their identity; as are these colourful "backpacks". Here they are carrying their wares up the port of Yumani of Isla del Sol on TIticaca island up o their houses at the top of the island.
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The second day of our tour was dominated by lagoons of colours as varied as white, blue and red. Our day ended with a visit to the
Laguna Colorodes, the red lagoon. The algae in the water here gave the lagoon its red colour - which the Andean and the Chilean flamingoes we saw preferred.
Laguna Hedionda is a saline lake in the Nor Lípez Province, Potosí Department in Bolivia. It is notable for various migratory species of pink and white flamingos. Laguna Hedionda is one of the nine small saline lakes in the Andean Altiplano. It lies at an altitude of 4,121 m., with an area of 3 square km:s. Salt flats and bofedales (wetlands) are spread over the periphery of the lake. It is in a very remote area where human habitation is negligible. However, llamas and alpacas are seen grazing in the area.
Bolivia, Hedionda Lagoon
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Photo is taken from El Choro Trail.
During this trail you will go down 57 km. from La Cumbre at 4,900 m. to Chairo at 1,400 m. over Cotapata National Park and Yungas Region. Usually trail is made in three days.
The Yungas is a narrow band of forest along the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains from Peru, Bolivia, and northern Argentina. It is a transitional zone between the Andean highlands and the eastern forests. Like the surrounding areas, the Yungas belong to the Neotropic ecozone; the climate is rainy, humid, and warm. The Yungas forests are extremely diverse, ranging from moist lowland forest to evergreen montane forest and cloud forests. The terrain, formed by valleys, fluvial mountain trails and streams, is extremely rugged and varied, contributing to the ecological diversity and richness. A complex mosaic of habitats occur with changing latitude as well as elevation. There are high levels of biodiversity and species endemism throughout the Yungas regions. Many of the forests are evergreen, and the South Andean Yungas contains what may be the last evergreen forests resulting from Quaternary glaciations.
Bolivia, El Choro Trail
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Pueblo Fanstasmo translates to ghost town. This once flourishing mining town is now deserted. Decades ago, every single resident of this village died. It was the first afternoon of our Salar de Uyuni tour and we had gained almost 1000 meters in altitude. Everyone was feeling the effect of high altitude walking through this ghost town.
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The biggest salt flats on the earth, the Salar de Uyuni was the grand finale of our tour. It was the perfect end to what had been the most incredible travel experience!
Photographer: Chetan Karkhanis photos.sandeepachetan.com in association with TravelMag.com
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Cordillera Real
Bolivia
El Nevado Illampu constituye uno de los macizos más representativos de la Cordillera Real; es de forma piramidal y cuenta con cuatro picos: Illampu I a una altura de 6368 m.s.n.m., Illampu II a 6344 m.s.n.m, IIlampu III Pico Norte a 6060 m.s.n.m. y Pico Schulze a 5943 m.s.n.m. Se encuentra en la población de Sorata que se caracteriza por tener un clima frío, el paisaje está constituido por nevados eternos en sus cumbres. Según la cosmovisión de los pueblos originarios andinos el Nevado IlIampu, es uno de los dioses mayores, llamado “Kun Tixi Wiracocha”, o el “Hacedor de las aguas”, el constructor del mundo y protector de la vida, es decir el Olimpo Andino.
Aqui se lo ve detras del lago Titicaca.
Royal Range
Bolivia
Illampu is the fourth highest mountain in Bolivia. It is located in the northern section of the Cordillera Real, part of the Andes, east of Lake Titicaca. It lies just north of the slightly higher Janq'u Uma, near the town of Sorata. Laguna Glaciar, located in the Illampu-Janq'u Uma massif, is the 17th highest lake in the world.
Despite being lower than Janq'u Uma, Illampu has a steeper peak, with more local relief, and is a somewhat harder climb. In fact it has the hardest normal route on any of the 6,000 metre peaks in Bolivia.
Here is seen beyond the Titicaca lake
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At the end of day 1 of our Salar de Uyuni tour, we stayed in a tiny village inside the national park. As we drove towards our hostel, we saw the sunset into the mountains of the wide expanse of the wild southwest Bolivia. Very close, a few kilometers away to the south was Argentina and to the west was Chile. In front was this volcanic mountain, with its peak over 6000 meters.
James’s Flamingo, also called the puna flamingo, is native to the Andes and the Altiplano area. Although they seem plentiful on the shores of Colorada, they are in fact very rare. During the mid-1950s, scientists had all but written them off as extinct, until a pack was found roaming South America. Today their habitat is continually threatened, and they are classified as a endangered species.
James’s Flamingo, also called the puna flamingo, is native to the Andes and the Altiplano area. Although they seem plentiful on the shores of Colorada, they are in fact very rare. During the mid-1950s, scientists had all but written them off as extinct, until a pack was found roaming South America. Today their habitat is continually threatened, and they are classified as a endangered species.
This photo was taken in a ski ‘resort’ on a mountain outside La Paz. The view in reality was slightly more dramatic then what the photo suggests...
Just one of the alien like landscapes we saw on the Salar dau Uyuni tour. It smelled of rotten eggs, the temperature of the water was around 90 degrees, the wind made it hard for us to stand there and the altitude of nearly 5500 meters made it tough for everyone to breathe!
A 60 km de la ciudad Sucre está ubicado Tarabuco, un pequeño pueblo donde hay cada domingo un mercado campesino reuniendo la gente local de los pueblos en los alrededores.
Saliendo del bus se camina por la calles anchas pasando los estantes donde se vende todo para la vida diaria, pero tambien artesania regional. Como el mercado es para la gente del lugar el ambiente es todavía muy auténtico.
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The first of our 4 day Salar da Uyuni trip of Southwest Bolivia saw us drive through some rugged high mountain passes, reminding us a lot of Ladakh back home in India. We passed through some colourful mountains and rock formations mainly through the middle of nowhere!