Some places simply capture your heart and fill you with wonder. Lake Titicaca and Tiwanaku, only 50km away from one another, captivated me and were the cherry on top for our visit in Bolivia. Lago Titicaca, in the Aymara language Titi= Puma and Caca=Rock, truly took me by surprise and captured my heart and tapped into […]
Bolivia
Don’t skip Bolivia: La Paz, Cerro Sajama and Corocio
Most overlanders traveling in South America do visit Bolivia, but we have been asked by several times by overlanders if they should skip Bolivia. There are lot of reasons someone might skip this country. For one, Bolivia has a reputation for bad roads, corrupt police, issues getting fuel and just being a hard place to travel in. If […]
Now, How do I Become a Flamingo? Southwest Bolivia’s Laguna Circuit
Getting to this remote and mother-nature-intense part of the world was a great accomplishment for us. Somehow (perhaps due to El Nino) the Andes of southern Bolivia and northern Chile received an unusually heavy snowfall in late May of 2017. It has happened in the past, one man told us that it had happened more […]
The Salar de Uyuni: Miles and Miles of Salt
As we said before, our route was a little crazy during this part of the trip. From Sucre, we headed back to Chile so that we could see San Pedro de Atacama and travel the Lagunas Route back into Bolivia. Yeah, it was a big circle. Back in mid June of 2017, on the way […]
Secret Bolivia Loves Part I: Silver Mines, Dinosaur Prints, and Chullpas
To many, Bolivia is a country of unknown places and people. People want to uncover and explore it. People dream of crossing into this unknown and secret land. With many of the world’s MOST _______ places (most driest, highest altitude lake, most remote, most unique cultures). But, for us, it was important to realize these […]