Salar de Uyuni (Road Trip Part 2)

The highlight of our tour was the visit to the largest salt desert on this planet, Salar de Uyuni. One sunset, one night and one sunrise plus half a day we were allowed to spend on, in and over the meter-thick salt layer. Approximately 140x110 km, the area is large, estimated 10 billion tons of salt are still around. Both the sunsets and sunrise were the moon ...

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Road Trip South Lipez (Part 1)

Yes, the madness. Four days by jeep over sand and stone through Bolivia's southwest! The result: pictures, pictures, pictures (and a most impressed Matthias). This time a lot more pictures than usual, but there was also a lot to watch (and to freeze up there: at night up to -15 degrees ... and heaters are not here!)! What was to be seen (halfway chronologically ...

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Death roads then and now

I was riding a bike. Which was great! How does that sound ?: 56 kilometers in two sections, starting at 4670 meters, ending at 1200 meters (across the climate zones from andin to jungle), so let it roll for hours (well, slow down a lot), the first 20 kilometers on asphalt (overtake the trucks), then 36 kilometers on the gravel road. That's the one who ...

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