Of all the places I have visited, the most impressive is the salar de uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat, and its surroundings. This area is so unique and amazing that it is hard to find the right words to describe it. I will try anyhow.

As we visited at the end of the rainy season, [...]

Oh, the wonders of civilization. If you’ve never missed them, you don’t even know what they’re worth. But, let me assure you, they’re worth a lot:

Warm showers — you don’t know what you’re talking about unless you’ve ever showered in freezing cold mountain water pumped directly to your shower from above 4,000m (~13,000 ft) without [...]

The most absurd things will happen to you when you are traveling — I mean, tell me the following doesn’t seem like some kind of weird movie or theater concoction: we buy tickets for a bus trip from La Paz — the capital of Bolivia — to Arica — the northernmost city of Chile. We [...]

… well, long story. We went on a jungle tour to Chalalán ecolodge in Parque Nacional Madidi in the Bolivian Amazon. This is an area that boasts one of the world’s highest levels of biodiversity and is pristine rainforest. Maybe more importantly, since Conservation International helped the local community set up the excellent Chalalán lodge, [...]

I do not know what it is with the sky in the Bolivian altiplano — but it is bluer than I have ever seen before. Maybe it’s the altitude (you usually hover around 4,000m or 13,000ft)!? I mean, sure, you’ve seen lots of photos with super-natural skies but those are usually achieved in Photoshop or [...]