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Bolivia – On Travel & Photography

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Carlota Martins | 4 Comments

We arrived tired and a little bit cranky to La Paz, Bolivia. For me it was one of those travel moments when you simply want to get some sleep and spend a few relaxing days doing very little before getting back on the intense travel style I grew accustomed to. With little time, and money to see everything I wanted…

La Isla del Sol: The Experience of Water in a Land-Locked World

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Erin Walton | 0 Comments

There on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca, lolling in the inky-blue depths from which Incan legend has it the Sun god was born, lies La Isla del Sol, the Island of the Sun, its odd, earth-coloured shape looking for all the world like a fresh splotch of paint, bone of the inner ear or short-haired yellow cat stretching out…

Potosi ‘Worth a Fortune’

Posted on January 3, 2013 by boliviainmyeyes | 2 Comments

Featured Writer: Danuta Stawarz The city of Potosi was founded in 1545, during the “gold rush” associated with the discovery in Cerro de Potosí – later known as the Cerro Rico (Rich Mountain) – large silver deposits. In a few years the settlement has attracted hundreds of thousands of Europeans and it became the official mint of Spain. Conquiscadors used…

The Salar de Uyuni and the Cordillera De Chichas – South West Bolivia

Posted on March 9, 2012 by skinnywench | 45 Comments

Featured Writer – Sue Llewellyn If ever there was a place where one could imagine being on a different planet, it has to be the in the surreal high altitude landscapes of Southwest Bolivia and the spectacular blinding white salt plains of Uyuni. Mud bubbling geysers, volcanoes (active and extinct) towering over vegetation bereft desert puffing smoke signals out into…

A Driving Mission

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Lesley | 0 Comments

Featured Writer: David Weindling Many years ago, I veered my rental car through the streets of Rome, parked in front of my hotel, and swore I would not drive again until it was time to leave Rome altogether. Escaping Rome with body and vehicle intact was a kiss the ground moment. I recently survived another kiss the ground driving experience, but…