Bolivia - The mine tunnel is still accessible. Sometimes the passage is a bit lower, so a helmet comes in handy. At the entrance of the small museum, there is a small recess where the whole group can sit and clear the rails for the carts carrying mine gravel that ...

Bolivia - The Bolivian border lies in the mountains and in the middle of basically nowhere. Again, we fill in a visa form and get a stamp. The whole ritual is becoming familiar. After about an hour, everything is arranged, the luggage is loaded onto the four jeeps, ...

Bolivia - Without any more flat tires, around half past three we drive onto the salt lake. A strange sensation. The lake most resembles a frozen and snow-covered lake. The enormous surface area (about one-fifth of the Netherlands) makes the lake and the journey ...

Bolivia - At half past eight, the bus departs for Tiwanaku. Here lie the ancient ruins of the Tiwanaku culture. Between 500 and 1200 AD, they were already far ahead of their time. Even now, it is still a mystery with which tools they built the structures. On the ...

Bolivia - The luggage is loaded onto two minibusses and through the very busy traffic of La Paz and via the toll road, we are brought to our hotel. Our hotel is located in the city center. La Paz is situated in a basin, with the poor district El Alto and the airport ...