Parque Avaroa

Los hijos de altiplano

The highlight of a very long day. Hitching a ride north to the border station at Avaroa, after a crash,  and the truck’s battery gave up the ghost. I am convinced the optimism of these kids is what resurrected this truck, I wish we could bottle this stuff. Middle of nowhere on the altiplano in […]

December 11, 2011

Pink flamingoes and floating heads in the desert

Still on a wave of euphoria from the salar experience I head south for the lagunas the following morning. I ride with a German friend of mine who is on a well set up airhead GS. He has no interest in riding the more remote route through the south so we will part ways in […]

February 8, 2011

Laguna Verde

Quite possibly my favorite place on earth. Laguna Verde, Parque Avaroa, Potosi, Bolivia

February 4, 2011

Leaving the Altiplano

After months of climbing some of the highest peaks in the Americas and being in a permanent state of asphyxia I’m exiting southern Bolivia and descending some 8,000 feet to the Atacama desert in Chile. Bolivia/Chile Frontera

February 4, 2011

Laguna Colorado

Traveling in southern Bolivia during the rainy season means lots of rain and river crossings.

February 3, 2011