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  • Uyuni is the largest and most famous salar in the world. It is more than one hundred miles across between the village of Llica and the town of Uyuni. Most of its surface is dry and hard like ice. In the center its depth has been estimated at more than 30 meters and it is the world?s largest reserve of salt. Only a few islands punctuate the perfectly white horizon. .Salar de Uyuni, Altiplano desert, Bolivia.
  • Uyuni is the largest and most famous salar in the world. It is more than one hundred miles across between the village of Llica and the town of Uyuni. Most of its surface is dry and hard like ice. In the center its depth has been estimated at more than 30 meters and it is the world?s largest reserve of salt. Only a few islands punctuate the perfectly white horizon. .Salar de Uyuni, Altiplano desert, Bolivia.
  • Sol de Manana is a geothermal area on the South Bolivia Altiplano. At an elevation of 4890 m (15,900 feet) its geysers and mud pots might be some of the world's highest.
  • La Paz offers the best opportunity for people to sell their products. Indigenous people will travel by bus for days to sell their wares in the market streets of the capitol..La Paz, Bolivia.
  • A young Aymara girl takes a break from the long walk to the capitol. She and her mother will beg on the streets and earn more than they would working in the fields. ..Most of the Aymara who live on the altiplano of Bolivia and Peru subsist primarily on agriculture. Important crops include potatoes, quinoa and barley. As well they raise sheep, llamas, cattle and alpaca. Aymara women wear hats and heavy wool ponchos to stay warm in the cold mountain climate. ..Aymara, La Paz, Bolivia.
  • Uyuni is the largest and most famous salar in the world. It is more than one hundred miles across between the village of Llica and the town of Uyuni. Most of its surface is dry and hard like ice. In the center its depth has been estimated at more than 30 meters and it is the world?s largest reserve of salt. Only a few islands punctuate the perfectly white horizon. .Salar de Uyuni, Altiplano desert, Bolivia.
  • A young Aymara girl takes a break from the long walk to the capitol. She and her mother will beg on the streets and earn more than they would working in the fields. ..Most of the Aymara who live on the altiplano of Bolivia and Peru subsist primarily on agriculture. Important crops include potatoes, quinoa and barley. As well they raise sheep, llamas, cattle and alpaca. Aymara women wear hats and heavy wool ponchos to stay warm in the cold mountain climate. ..Aymara, La Paz, Bolivia.
  • Uyuni is the largest and most famous salar in the world. It is more than one hundred miles across between the village of Llica and the town of Uyuni. Most of its surface is dry and hard like ice. In the center its depth has been estimated at more than 30 meters and it is the world?s largest reserve of salt. Only a few islands punctuate the perfectly white horizon. .A vehicle breaking down in the middle of the salar could be fatal. Gladys our charming Bolivian guide is as competent fixing the engine as she is navigating through the Altiplano desert and its salars.
  • Uyuni is the largest and most famous salar in the world. It is more than one hundred miles across between the village of Llica and the town of Uyuni. Most of its surface is dry and hard like ice. In the center its depth has been estimated at more than 30 meters and it is the world?s largest reserve of salt. Only a few islands punctuate the perfectly white horizon. .Salar de Uyuni, Altiplano desert, Bolivia.
  • Santa Rosa de Chipaya, Altiplano, Bolivia..Right outside the newer structures erected by international NGOs, clusters of traditional round adobe houses were situated around the village of Santa Rosa de Chipaya. Some were covered by thatched roofs; some roofs were made from the adobe walls that tapered up into a conical shape. All were set among potato and quinoa fields and surrounded by the desert.
  • Crossing the Altiplano desert and its Salars, Bolivia. Surprisingly, in the midst of this dramatic desert climate we had to cross numerous rivers. Each time Gladys removed her shoes, rolled up her pants, and walked into the river to evaluate the depth and guide Cedric, our driver, to the firmest section of the riverbed.
  • Uyuni is the largest and most famous salar in the world. It is more than one hundred miles across between the village of Llica and the town of Uyuni. Most of its surface is dry and hard like ice. In the center its depth has been estimated at more than 30 meters and it is the world?s largest reserve of salt. Only a few islands punctuate the perfectly white horizon. .Salar de Uyuni, Altiplano desert, Bolivia.
  • Santa Rosa de Chipaya, Altiplano, Bolivia..Right outside the newer structures erected by international NGOs, clusters of traditional round adobe houses were situated around the village of Santa Rosa de Chipaya. Some were covered by thatched roofs; some roofs were made from the adobe walls that tapered up into a conical shape. All were set among potato and quinoa fields and surrounded by the desert.
  • Baby alpaca and Aymara people..Sajama National Park and Volcano, Bolivia.
  • Sunrise on the Bolivian Altiplano over the Laguna Colorada and Licancabur volcano, Atacama desert, Bolivia.
  • Uyuni is the largest and most famous salar in the world. It is more than one hundred miles across between the village of Llica and the town of Uyuni. Most of its surface is dry and hard like ice. In the center its depth has been estimated at more than 30 meters and it is the world?s largest reserve of salt. Only a few islands punctuate the perfectly white horizon. .Salar de Uyuni, Altiplano desert, Bolivia.
  • Sunrise on the Bolivian Altiplano over the Laguna Colorada and Licancabur volcano, Atacama desert, Bolivia.
  • Few children attend school in Bolivia. Boys work in the fields or mines while girls help support the family by selling produce in the street of large cities. This girl hopes to make a few cents selling oranges...La Paz, Bolivia
  • Uyuni is the largest and most famous salar in the world. It is more than one hundred miles across between the village of Llica and the town of Uyuni. Most of its surface is dry and hard like ice. In the center its depth has been estimated at more than 30 meters and it is the world?s largest reserve of salt. Only a few islands punctuate the perfectly white horizon. .Salar de Uyuni, Altiplano desert, Bolivia.
  • Sunrise on the Bolivian Altiplano over the Laguna Colorada and Licancabur volcano, Atacama desert, Bolivia.
  • 4x4 vehicle crossing of the Altiplano desert and its Salars, Bolivia..Uyuni is the largest and most famous salar in the world. It is more than one hundred miles across between the village of Llica and the town of Uyuni. Most of its surface is dry and hard like ice. In the center its depth has been estimated at more than 30 meters and it is the world?s largest reserve of salt. Only a few islands punctuate the perfectly white horizon.
  • The Arból de Piedra (Tree of Rock) is a rock formation found in the middle of the Atacama desert of the Bolivian Altiplano, on the way to the Laguna Colorada and the Chilean border, Bolivia..Arból de Piedra (Tree of Rock), Atacama desert, Bolivia.
  • Quechua Miners, Silver and Tin mine of Potosi, Bolivia..Mining is one of the few paid jobs in Bolivia outside of La Paz. In Potosi, ten percent of the population of 110,000 (most of them Quechua) works in the mines. Although dynamite has replaced black powder, technology has advanced little since the days of their ancestors the Incas. At an elevation of more than 4000 meters, the working conditions are among the harshest on the planet and life expectation in the mine does not exceed 40 years old. Here a pair wait for a dynamite charge to blow. Miners chew coca leaves, a stimulant that curbs their hunger and gives them the energy to work a full day on a mostly empty stomach. .
  • 4x4 vehicle crossing of the Altiplano desert and its Salars, Bolivia..Surprisingly, in the midst of this dramatic desert climate we had to cross numerous rivers. Each time Gladys removed her shoes, rolled up her pants, and walked into the river to evaluate the depth and guide Cedric, our driver, to the firmest section of the riverbed.
  • The Arból de Piedra (Tree of Rock) is a rock formation found in the middle of the Atacama desert of the Bolivian Altiplano, on the way to the Laguna Colorada and the Chilean border, Bolivia..Arból de Piedra (Tree of Rock), Atacama desert, Bolivia.