Bolívia - Uyuni à Laguna Verde

P: Eu dentro de um velho comboio no cemitério de combóios existente à saida de Uyuni

E: Me inside an old train carriage on the train cemetry outside Uyuni

P: Nuno à saída de Kulpina K, um dos "Pueblos Autênticos"

E: Nuno on the way out of Kulpina K one of the "Pueblos Autênticos"

P: Eu sou mau, sou muito mau...

E: I am nasty, very nasty

P: A caminho de Villa Alota com o cenário tipicamente altiplânico como cenário de fundo

E: On the way to Villa Alota with the altiplanic scenary on the background

P: Às vezes para combater o tédio de algumas paisagens, ouço música no meu IPod enquanto pedalo

E: Sometimes when I am bored of the landscape that can be tedious I listen to music while cycling

P: Sinal engraçado - "Tome Coca-Cola", prece mais uma ordem do que uma sugestao

E: A funny sign suggesting passers by to drink Coca-Cola

P: O Nuno seguramente diria que esta era uma gaivota andina, é que ele tem o hábito chamar a toda a bicharada da qual nao sabe o nome de "andina"

E: Nuno would certainly say that this is an "andean seagull" he´s got into the habbit of calling every animal of which he doesnt know the name for of "andean"

P: Um fungo no "Valle de las Rocas"

E: A fungus in the "Valle de las rocas"

P: O Uturunco visto do "Valle de las Rocas"

E: Uturunco seen from the " Valle de las Rocas"

P: Campesinos separando graos de milho à entrada de Villa Mar

E: Campesinos selecting corn in Villa Mar

P: Didiana e Jerónymo, casal Paulista muito simpático que conhecemos em Quetena Chico

E: Didiana e Jerónymo, a brasilian couple that we met in Quetena Chico

P: A subida ao Uturunco começa e começam com ela 4 dias de sofrimento e determinaçao

E: The climb to Uturunco starts and with it starts 2 days of suffering and determination

P: Um pequeno ponto branco nas encostas do grande Uturunco, é um carro

E: A small dot on the slopes of the great Uturunco, it´s a car

P: As lagunas salgadas, espalhadas um pouco por todo o altiplano, vistas do Uturunco

E: The salt lagons, scattered pretty much all over the altiplano, seen from the Uturunco

P: Eu a 6000 metros acima do nível do mar

E: Me at 6000 metres above sea level

P: A praça principal de Quetena Chico

E: Quetena Chico main square

Bolivia - Oruro to Uyuni

As you get closer to the salt flats these signs disappear, making it even harder to find your way around

An old church next to Popóo Lake

Children on a boat in Popóo Lake

A church falling to pieces in Toledo village, a sign that time has forgotten those who live in the Altiplano


A lake reflecting the Sajama (the highest mountain in Bolivia) with flamingos

Me and Nuno and our shadows in the Altiplano

Sunset mist (Bolivian Altiplano)

Break for lunch on the margins of another salty lake

Blue church in Opequeri


Houses in Chipaya village


The ghost buildings on the way to Sabaya, they are the remnants of the old Chipaya´s


Crossing the bike in swampy areas, is not fun either!

The "funky piglet" that decided to keep us company for few kilometres on the way to Sabaya

Crossing sand dunes with a loaded byke, not fun! - trust me...

Looking the day ahead - more sand dunes!

Sand and more sand! ( on the way to Sabaya village)

Hard day but beautiful sunset!

Bolivian Altiplano - a land of sand, vulcanos and blue skies

Campsite in the dunes before reaching Sabaya


We can see Sabaya on the other bank, but still there´s an icy river to be crossed

Nuno crossing an icy river

Coipasa Salt Flat, the first salt flat we crossed

My gorgeous bike - Marin Muirhoods, or Marina as she likes to be called

In Coipasa - lunch break in white

Bizarre sighting - donkeys crossing Coipasa!!!

Coipasa at the end of the day and the first sight of water

Sunset in Coipasa

A formation called "ojos de água", legend has it that you can sink in them

My outfit to cross a wet salt flat

Mirror effect in Coipasa Salt Flat


Nuno in Coipasa

Crossing Coipasa with water in our feet

Nuno staring at the impressive moon

Uyuni Salt flat and its infinite of white




Me, Nuno and Herve, our swiss friend, we met when crossing Uyuni

Herve

Street scene on Colchani

Train cemetry in Uyuni