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Isla del Sol on Lake Titicaca :

Isla del Sol on Lake Titicaca

Updated: Feb 14, 2012 9:24am PST

Copacabana : Copacabana is the main Bolivian town on the shore of Lake Titicaca, from where boats leave for Isla del Sol, the sacred Inca island. The town has a large 16th-century shrine, the Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana. Our Lady of Copacabana is the patron saint of Bolivia. The town is a destination for tourism in Bolivia. The town is also known for its famous Basilica, home of the Virgin of Copacabana, its trout, and its quaint atmosphere. Built between Mount Calvario and Mount Niño Calvario, the town has approximately 6,000 inhabitants. Copacabana's religious celebrations, cultural patrimony, and traditional festivals are well known throughout Bolivia. - Wikipedia

Copacabana

Copacabana is the main Bolivian town on the shore of Lake Titicaca, fr ...

Updated: Jul 06, 2011 2:43pm PST

Tarabuco Market :

Tarabuco Market

Updated: May 09, 2012 12:14pm PST

Sucre Trek :

Sucre Trek

Updated: Jan 26, 2011 3:49pm PST

Potosi : The Ethics of Visiting the Cerro Rico Mines in Potosi Bolivia Potosí is a city and the capital of the department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities by elevation in the world at a nominal 4,090 m (13,420 feet).[1] It lies beneath the Cerro de Potosí—sometimes referred to as the Cerro Rico ("rich mountain")—a mountain popularly conceived of as being "made of" silver ore, which has always dominated the city. The Cerro Rico is the reason for Potosí's historical importance, since it was the major supply of silver for the Spanish Empire. Cerro de Potosí's peak is 4,824 meters (15,827 feet) above sea level. - Wikipedia

Potosi

The Ethics of Visiting the Cerro Rico Mines in Potosi Bolivia Potosí i ...

Updated: Feb 21, 2012 6:35pm PST

El Cementerio de Trenes en Uyuni : One of the major tourist attractions of the area is an antique train cemetery. It is located 3 km outside Uyuni and is connected to it by the old train tracks. The town served in the past as a distribution hub for the trains carrying minerals on their way to the Pacific Ocean ports. The train lines were built by British engineers who arrived near the end of the 19th century and formed a sizable community in Uyuni. The engineers were invited by British-sponsored Antofagasta and Bolivia Railway Companies, which is now Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia. The rail construction started in 1888 and ended in 1892. It was encouraged by the then Bolivian President Aniceto Arce, who believed Bolivia would flourish with a good transport system, but it was also constantly sabotaged by the local Aymara indigenous Indians who saw it as an intrusion into their lives. The trains were mostly used by the mining companies. In the 1940s, the mining industry collapsed, partly due to the mineral depletion. Many trains were abandoned thereby producing the train cemetery. - Wikipedia F´d Up Economics of Tourism in Uyuni Bolivia

El Cementerio de Trenes en Uyuni

One of the major tourist attractions of the area is an antique train c ...

Updated: Aug 24, 2010 7:03pm PST

Tupiza to Uyuni Salt Flat Tour - Day 1 : Our 4-Day Tupiza to Uyuni tour in Bolivia, South America was filled with unique landscapes. We captured snow capped mountains, snow dotted deserts, eroded mountain ranges, glowing lakes and most importantly the largest Salt Flats in the world, Salar de Uyuni. This album is from day 1 of our tour, which departed from Tupiza (near the Argentina border) in a 4x4 Toyota Landcruiser. Our camera lens had become broken during this tour and wouldn't focus properly. You will notice a loss of sharpness in many of the photos.

Tupiza to Uyuni Salt Flat Tour - Day 1

Our 4-Day Tupiza to Uyuni tour in Bolivia, South America was filled wi ...

Updated: Mar 18, 2011 2:32pm PST

Tupiza to Uyuni Salt Flat Tour - Day 2 : Our 4-Day Tupiza to Uyuni tour in Bolivia, South America was filled with unique landscapes. We captured snow capped mountains, snow dotted deserts, eroded mountain ranges, glowing lakes and most importantly the largest Salt Flats in the world, Salar de Uyuni. This album is from day 2 of our tour, which departed from Tupiza (near the Argentina border) in a 4x4 Toyota Landcruiser. Day 2 begins to unveil the glowing lakes and we walk among gushing geysers. And we experienced our first truck breakdown, which is expected during this long rugged tour. Our camera lens had become broken during this tour and wouldn't focus properly. You will notice a loss of sharpness in many of the photos.

Tupiza to Uyuni Salt Flat Tour - Day 2

Our 4-Day Tupiza to Uyuni tour in Bolivia, South America was filled wi ...

Updated: Mar 18, 2011 2:48pm PST

Tupiza to Uyuni Salt Flat Tour - Day 3 : Our 4-Day Tupiza to Uyuni tour in Bolivia, South America was filled with unique landscapes. We captured snow capped mountains, snow dotted deserts, eroded mountain ranges, glowing lakes and most importantly the largest Salt Flats in the world, Salar de Uyuni. This album is from day 3 of our tour, which departed from Tupiza (near the Argentina border) in a 4x4 Toyota Landcruiser. Day 3 reveals hundreds of flamingos. Unfortunately we had a very thick overcast the first half of the day, which made the red lake (Laguna Colorada) not so red and the flamingos not so pink. We encountered many different types of rock formations across the Siloli Desert. Some were eroded to the point that they looked like trees (Arbol de Piedra). Others were still porous and sharp, but dotted the desert in the most peculiar places, obviously from a massive explosion many years ago. Our camera lens had become broken during this tour and wouldn't focus properly. You will notice a loss of sharpness in many of the photos. Our SLR Canon also didn't have a telephoto lens, so the closeup flamingo pictures were taken with our Canon Camcorder, which has an extremely powerful zoom, but has terrible picture quality. We enhanced them as best we could with some digital editing.

Tupiza to Uyuni Salt Flat Tour - Day 3

Our 4-Day Tupiza to Uyuni tour in Bolivia, South America was filled wi ...

Updated: Apr 05, 2011 8:24pm PST

Tupiza to Uyuni Salt Flat Tour - Day 4 : Our 4-Day Tupiza to Uyuni tour in Bolivia, South America was filled with unique landscapes. We captured snow capped mountains, snow dotted deserts, eroded mountain ranges, glowing lakes and most importantly the largest Salt Flats in the world, Salar de Uyuni. This album is from day 4, the final day of our tour, which departed from Tupiza (near the Argentina border) in a 4x4 Toyota Landcruiser. We woke up early and drove out on the flats with only headlights illuminating the way. Once we arrived at a place on the flats with nothing in sight for 360 degrees we relaxed and watched the sun rise. The weather was perfect for our most important day on the salt flats. All the tour guides have a pocket full of photography tricks that can be performed on the salt flats. The complete white flat landscape illuminates the ability to detect perspective. Our camera lens had become broken during this tour and wouldn't focus properly. You will notice a loss of sharpness in many of the photos. Our SLR Canon also didn't have a telephoto lens, so the closeup flamingo pictures were taken with our Canon Camcorder, which has an extremely powerful zoom, but has terrible picture quality. We enhanced them as best we could with some digital editing.

Tupiza to Uyuni Salt Flat Tour - Day 4

Our 4-Day Tupiza to Uyuni tour in Bolivia, South America was filled wi ...

Updated: Apr 05, 2011 8:12pm PST