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FROM MEXICO TO ARGENTINA 2006 - 07

BOLIVIA. SALAR DE UYUNI, VOLCANOES AND COLORFUL LAKES (Sept 2007)    text

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Old woman selling souvenirs made from salt
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Domesticated guanaco
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Beginning of the Tour de Uyuni, which lasts 3 days
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Hotel made from salt
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Incahuasi island in the middle of Salar de Uyuni
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Salar de Uyuni, biggest salt flats in the world (150km)
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Cactus on Incahuasi can grow up to 12 meters high
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Salar is great for taking funny photos
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Second day of Tour de Uyuni
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Because of long distances and lack of roads we spent most of the time inside the car
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We stopped near lakes with flamingos
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There are 5 big lakes during the second day, every one of them is amazing
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There is an active volcano in the distance
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Our jeep parked near Arbol de Piedra
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Arbol de piedra (Stone tree)
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A fox looking for easy food
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Laguna Colorada close to the border with Chile
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The red color is caused by sediments and pigmentation of some algae
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Sol de Mañana in the morning
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Mornings at 5,000m are very cold and vapor is more visible
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Sol de Mañana
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People can walk wherever they want, but common sense is necessary to avoid danger
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It's easy to fall in hot water
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If it were Europe, they would put fences and danger signs all over the place
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Waiting for breakfast in hot springs
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Atacama desert starts here. It's one of the driest places in the world
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The motorway towards Laguna Verde
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Landscape like from a different planet
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Vicuñas near Laguna Verde. Their wool is very soft and expensive
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Laguna Verde and volcano Licancabur 5,900m. I climbed it in 2004