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Nice car between Villazon and Tupiza
Train bridge closed to Tupiza
One of Bolivia's main street (between Villazon and Tupiza) - a new is in construction
Very narrow and dusty this tunnel!
The town of Tupiza from the Cerro la Cruz
View to the other side of the Cerro la Cruz
Cerro Chorolque between Tupiza and Uyuni
Cerro Chorolque between Tupiza and Uyuni
Memorial on the street between Tupiza and Uyuni
Street market in Uyuni
What a wonderful Lady
Handcar in Uyuni
Another handcar in Uyuni
The train cemetery in Uyuni - now very few trains passing Uyuni
Dead locomotives
Weird mood in the train cemetery at dawn
Other dead locomotives
Our sleeping place in Uyuni in the morning
Pigs and the train cemetery in the background
Nice car in Colchani, the access point to the Salar de Uyuni from Uyuni
Shopping museum in Colchani
Salt Lady in the shopping museum
Amardillo made with salt in the shopping museum
Much water on the shore of the Salar de Uyuni
Obet, our driver prepares the car for the Salar de Uyuni
Bubbling water at the Ojos (eyes) del Salar
The salt crust looks not very trusting at the Ojos del Salar
Marion at the Ojos del Salar
One little Ojo (eye)
The mirror of Volcano Tunupa in the water on the Salar de Uyuni
Our lunch place at the Isla Pescado with our cook Fronia and our driver Obet
Building on the Isla de Pescado
Beautiful views from the Isla de Pescado - Volcano Tnupa on the right
View to the other side - note the tracks of the cars on the salt
Nice cactus on the Isla de Pescado
Salt corals
Magma rocks embedded by salt corals
Some weird salt corals on the Isla de Pescado
Another strange salt coral
Magma stone embedded in salt corals
View from the coral window at the Isla Pescado to the Salar
The coral window from the other side
Large cactuses on the Isla de Pescado
Bird on top of the left cactus
A real cactus forest on the Isla de Pecado - Volcano Tunupa in the background
Salt hexagons of the Salar de Uyuni
Alfred and our car in the middle of the salt
Also a lot of water on the north shore of the Salar de Uyuni
Bus fighting through the water
The village Coquesa and the Volcano Tunupa
Wall painting in our hostel in Coquesa
View from Coquesa to the Salar de Uyuni
Flamingos at the banks of Coquesa
The pituresque village Coquesa
Volcano Tunupa from Coquesa
Oven in Coquesa
Stable stone wall in Coquesa
From left: Marion, Bernadette, Manuel and Johanna on the way to the Volcano Tunupa
View back to Coquesa and the Salar
The Salar de Uyuni in the early sunlight
Under the saddle of the Volcano Tunupa - the ridge from the saddle leads to the summit
An Austrian Lady with the Salar de Uyuni
Stunning views at 5000 meters
Johanna at 5000 meters sea level
Johanna on the way to her first 5000er
On the last flat part of the ridge
View to the central peak of the Volcano Tunupa
The last few meters for Bernadette to the summit
Bernadette on her first 5000er: The Volcano Tunupa, 5207 meters high
Alfred at the summit of the Volcano Tunupa
Colorful Volcano Tunupa
View to West from the summit
View to South from the summit
Bernadette with the central peak
The last few meters for Manuel and Johanna to the Volcano Tunupa
One Spanish boy and two Austrial girls at 5207 meters sea level
Cheeeeese - summit picture
On the western summit of the Volcano Tunupa
From left: Alfred, Manuel, Bernadette and Johanna on the Salar de Uyuni
The salt hotel in the Salar de Uyuni
Exploitation of the salt
Salt humps at sunset
Salt humps in the water
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