ncounty

I've never even heard of these places, mlgb. You are quite the adventurer.

colduphere

I agree with Ncounty. 99% of people would be waaaay out of their comfort zone doing what Mlgb does.

mlgb

I think it's both nature and nurture with me, my mother and both grandmothers were solo travelers and adventurous for their times. I descend from an ethnic group that was forced to move around a lot. Not Gypsy, but who knows what genetic material was inserted when they were in Spain. One grandmother spoke 7 languages, another earned her way out of Russia by telling fortunes. I consider myself a wimp compared to those two!

crellston

Mlgb - Just read this from beginning to end. Fantastic report with a huge amount of useful information. Essential reading for anyone considering travelling io Bolivia! I am bookmarking for future reference. Thanks once again.

mlgb

Hope it helps crellston. You will need to get updated information about the situation at the south end of the "REA" (where the Salar tours visit the Laguna Verde). There have been ongoing protests and sometimes the tours have not been able to cross into Chile by this route. Not sure what is the current status.

A good resource that I may not have mentioned is Kanoo Tours in La Paz. They should know what is happening since they book Salar tours for a lot of the backpackers coming in to La Paz.

www.kanootours.com

glover

Great report, lots of fun to read. Thanks for posting. Would like to visit Bolivia some day . ..

live42day

bookmarking

DiannaS

Thank you soo000OOoOoooo very much for posting this. You have replied to a few of my pasts regarding Bolivia, and this post answered many of my questions. The biggest thing that I am planning is to just roll with the flow. I never wanted to have a fixed itinerary in the first place, and on top of knowing that buses and flights and everything else is super unpredictable, just encouraged me to get less focused on a plan. I have nine months to be there and a number of places I want to see, and trust that in that time I will get to all of them. Also being a single female traveler myself it is encouraging to see that well...you survived

mlgb

You are welcome..have you found crellston's posts also?

mlgb

Is Origenes Bolivianos still on?

live42day

Yes. We just went a few days ago and loved it, I just posted my report. I read yours a few times already, thanks for all your information

mlgb

Update on link to photos https://picasaweb.google.com/1053023...eat=directlink