A far cry from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but we did go horse riding one day in the region of their last stand, close to Tupiza, Bolivia. The river gorge was beautiful with eroded sandstone features, and riding along at the horses pace was tranquil and relaxing. Tupiza is more famous for being one end, the other being Uyuni, of the tour that goes past volcanoes, blue and red lagoons, and the largest salt flats in the world, namely, Salar de Uyuni. We must be amongst only a few tourists/backpackers who pass through south-western Bolivia and do not do the tour. We decided we are Bolivia´d out after almost five weeks in the country, and looking forward to getting into Argentina. A possibility is to do the salt flats tour on our way back up the continent for our return flight out of Lima. We had our first attempted theft on the bus trip from Potosi to Tupiza, before the bus had even left the terminal. Heather noticed immediately her day pack was taken, and we were able to get the backpack returned without any further incident.Sunday, July 20, 2008
Tupiza, Bolivia
A far cry from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but we did go horse riding one day in the region of their last stand, close to Tupiza, Bolivia. The river gorge was beautiful with eroded sandstone features, and riding along at the horses pace was tranquil and relaxing. Tupiza is more famous for being one end, the other being Uyuni, of the tour that goes past volcanoes, blue and red lagoons, and the largest salt flats in the world, namely, Salar de Uyuni. We must be amongst only a few tourists/backpackers who pass through south-western Bolivia and do not do the tour. We decided we are Bolivia´d out after almost five weeks in the country, and looking forward to getting into Argentina. A possibility is to do the salt flats tour on our way back up the continent for our return flight out of Lima. We had our first attempted theft on the bus trip from Potosi to Tupiza, before the bus had even left the terminal. Heather noticed immediately her day pack was taken, and we were able to get the backpack returned without any further incident.