Bolivian Thoughts opinion: If this becomes a reality, Bolivia would have lost a great source of revenue! Mainly due to the ineptness of the autocrat coca caudillo. The Salar the Uyuni is where lithium can be found in huge quantity, ideal to be a source for the energy market. However, this ruling ochlocracy has lost…
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November 10, 2017: Potosí celebrates 207 anniversary
From El Diario and my life: Potosí celebrates 207 anniversary Potosí celebrates today 207 years of its libertarian cry, is one of the nine departments that constitutes the territory of Bolivia. Its capital is the Potosí homonym, famous for its silver deposits, which transcended to the thesaurus or to the lexicon of the Spanish language…
Bolivia: on top of the world and far from the madding crowd
Craig Tansley reports for Financial Review: Bolivia: on top of the world and far from the madding crowd “Forget everything you know about Chile… you’re in Bolivia now.” Guide Erich Hochhauser’s face looks so wind-worn you could crack walnuts on his cheekbones. Backpackers are huddling in tiny shelters beside the border checkpoint, a 90 km/h gale…
Uyuni, Potosi Bolivia: Salt of the earth
Tim Johnson reports for The Globe and Mail Inc.: Salt of the earth Looking for an epic road trip? Tim Johnson finds one in the vast salt flats of Bolivia: a three-day adventure where every kilometre covered is 3,600 metres above sea level. If there’s a horizon line ahead, I don’t see it. Every time…
Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, for the Top of the World Landspeed Trial on August 3-8, 2017. The goal is to exceed 400 mph!
Press release by motorcycle.com: Top 1 Ack Attack Pilot Rocky Robinson Shoots For 400 Mph + Video The Top 1 Ack Attack team is ready to challenge its own land speed record of 376.363 mph with Rocky Robinson, once again, piloting the machine. “Records are made to be broken — especially Land Speed Records,” says Robinson. The Top…
Prop up your Instagram at the Bolivian Salt Flats: UYUNI, POTOSI
Jessica Lindsay reports for Metro: Prop up your Instagram at the Bolivian Salt Flats Did you even go on holiday if you don’t get some top quality pictures for the ‘gram? Making memories is what holidays are all about, but being able to laugh about those memories forever is just as important. If that’s your motto…
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