The Town of Uyuni If you didn’t know about the grand white expanse beyond its borders, you certainly wouldn’t know at first glimpse that this backwater-looking pueblo of 10,000 people is the most visited destination in Bolivia and that nearly 90,000 people pass through annually. Uyuni, at about 12,000 feet, on its own is in fact, a bit gritty, both…

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We knew would be enamored by the Salar de Uyuni, but what we didn’t realize is we would also love our day trip to the nearly deserted, almost ghost town, silver and tin mining village of Pulacayo. In fact, this abandoned time capsule with brushes of “fame” from Butch Cassidy, put us in our true exploratory element and ended up…

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