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View of Huayna Potosí 6,088m. La Paz has the highest airport in the world at an elevation of 4,061m. The city was built in a canyon created by the Choqueyapu River.
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Electrician in La Paz.
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La Paz Cemetery
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Glass-fronted spaces in the cemetery walls for the ashes. Plaques, mementos of the deceased, and flowers are placed behind the glass door.
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Colourful markets.
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La Paz’s witches’ markets. Vendors sell llama fetuses and dried frogs for Aymara rituals, as well as soapstone figurines and aphrodisiac formulas.
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Inca ruins, south west Bolivia.
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Ilamas
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Where borax is extracted.
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4×4 is the only way to get around this remote part of the country.
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Rugged, diverse, remote and incredibly beautiful.
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This hot spring reaches an average temperature of 40C.
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Geyser fumes in an active volcanic area.
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Laguna Colorada. The red is caused by the algae in this shallow lagoon. This is also the main site of the three species of Andean flamingos.
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Yet another beautiful volcano.
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The “stone tree”, a product of erosion over hundreds of years.
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All three species of Flamingos are protected in this nature reserve.
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Salar de Uyuni: approx 12,000 sq km of salt flat at 3656m. The Salar contains 50 to 70% of the world’s lithium reserves and is a major breeding ground for several species of pink flamingos.
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Very cold and at times very uncomfortable but well worth it!
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View of the salt flats from Incahuasi island.
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