Salar & Sajama

Well, I`ve successfully made a full circle around Bolivia with a short hop over to Argentina. After leaving my site, I went through the heart and down to the low-lands, then back over and up to Sucre and Potosí and down to Tarija and further down to Salta, Argentina. I then made my way back into Bolivia, hanging around in wild-western Tupiza before heading out on a 4 day Salar de Uyuni Tour, which was a land cruiser adventure through moon-scapes, ruins, geysers, volcanoes, colored lagunas, and salt flats while seeing tons of vicuñas, flamingoes, and other animals native to the altiplano desert-lands between 3800-5,000 meters (our highest point on the trip). My friends Tom and Anna have some of the best pics up on their blog (to the right) and then my friend Helen put up an amazing splattering in a facebook album (http://es-la.facebook.com/album.php?aid=40394&id=592502828&ref=nf) but that could not be a public link, so you might have to wait until I spend the time to upload myself or I get home to KY...as I am trying to avoid the computer as much as possible in my last couple of weeks. After the Salar, my friend Emily and I headed out to the tallest mountain in Bolivia (Sajama) and basked in the glory of its presence while bathing in some pretty cool hot springs and buying amazing alpaca hats. We arrived in La Paz yesterday and are fitting in the last remaining shopping and museum trips. We head on bikes to Coroico on Friday and then out to Rurrenabaque to meet up with some more friends in the jungle on Saturday where we will see hundreds of jungle animals in the Amazon. I then will head back up here to the highlands and try to fit another hike in if the weather cooperates and then I`ll be home for Thanksgiving. So...that`s the plan, and as plans go in Bolivia, you can`t always rely on them, but it`s worth a try. I might get more pics up soon, but no promises. That`s all for now! Watching election coverage...it doesn`t look all that cold yet due to global warming so maybe I`ll be home in time for crisp fall weather instead of more coldness.