La Vida Errabunda

Bolivia is the poorest country in South America. It has Inca roots, a native language, and tons of llamas. It's poverty has allowed it to stay undeveloped, which we noticed as we left for our four day trip to the Salar de Uyuni. Tupiza is at 10,000 feet. We left at 8:15 and immediately started our climb. Four of us, a driver and a cook in a Jeep, about to conquer wild Bolivia. After a short, steep climb, we stopped at the Sillar, named for the points and looking like a horse's back (which I honestly don't see). We turned around and around the curving ledges, climbing and dipping. We did a rather significant decline to a valley and saw the Awanapampa . We enjoyed the llamas, and had our first "baño natural" experience. We were in the middle of nowhere and keeping hydrated to ward off the elevation effects, so it was, and continued to be, the only option (as it turns out, it was generally the best option when compared to Bolivia bathroom horrors). W...