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 Bolivia: La Paz
04 Apr 2011
We visited the Moon Valley (Valle de la Luna) , which is an interesting place on the outskirts of town. The area is so named because it resembles the surface of the moon. It is a lunar landscape that was formed by huge quantities of fossil salt, stone and sand, with the help of wind energy in a region of the driest in the world. Across the valley there is no life, unless those complicated ... formations. The area was declared as a World Natural Heritage by Unesco.
After an hour we left by taxi to the Witch Market (Mercado de Brujas). There, in addition to carpets, textiles, souvenirs, etc. there are stalls... materials for good luck and magic. Statues, soaps, weird weeds, filter, spells and skeletons of small animals (llama fetuses). Images pulled from a book of Harry Potter! We made our purchases, gifts and souvenirs, and after a big spaghetti, we went by taxi to the central bus station in order to go back to Puno, at Peru. We passed the borders again and after a total of 4 hours we arrived at Puno. This time was much less, since the bus crossed the border through Desaguadero rather than Copacabana yesterday.
Square in La Paz
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View of La Paz
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Crossing a bridge
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Valle de Luna
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Footpath
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Walking
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Closer view
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Valley of the moon: A small bridge
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A closer view
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Nature creations
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Valley of the Moon: Cactus
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Valley of the Moon: There is a face
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Picture of a crowded street
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At the central square
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The central square
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Pedestrian street
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Walking along the witch market
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Colors at the witch market
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Products
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Souvenirs
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Magic... materials
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At the witch market
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Magic... materials
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Graffiti
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Nice bus
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At the witch market
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At the witch market
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At the witch market
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Suburbs
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Advertisement
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Bolivian woman
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Local market
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Photo of the suburbs from inside the bus
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Police station...
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We left Bolivia at night
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