Llamas, quinoa and a ghost town

Bolivia safari day 2 in pictures

The Laguna Negra
The beautiful Laguna Negra…
A llama grazing at the Laguna Negra
…where livestock are raised.
A herd of llamas blocking the road
They can be a nuisance for drivers!
A quinoa plant
The one cash crop that grows in the dry soil is quinoa.
Looking down a straight railway track
Ghosts from the mining era. In the deserted town of Julaca, the view one way…
Looking the other way down straight railway tracks
..and the other, down the railway linking the mines and Uyuni to Antofagasta on the coast.
Shadow of car driving in flat desert
At sundown, driving to our hotel…
The salt hotel dining area
…built with bricks made of rock salt.
…by Chris. (And you can see more, much better, pictures taken by Carsten on his flickr page here)

More tales

Walkers trekking on the Sierra Negra volcano in San Isabela, Galapagos

Another world

The astonishingly varied landscapes of the Galapagos

Giant tortoises mating

Evolution

Coming face to face with Evolution in the Galapagos

Looking through the windscreen of our safari Landcruiser

Safari!

Visiting the Uyuni salt flats and Eduardo Avaora Reserve

A village street in the Quedabra de Humahuaca

Adapting to Argentina

The other side of the Bolivian border, and how I nearly missed my flight.

The Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil

Escape

Transported in the majestic opera houses of Argentina and Brazil