BOLIVIA: Nuestra Señora de La Paz – Highest seat of government

On our route from Buenos Aires to the Titicaca lake in Bolivia we passed La Paz. With 750.000 habitants it´s the third biggest city in the country and the domicile of the government, the capital is Sucre. The town is constructed on an altitude between 3200 and 4100 meters into the mountains and you definitly can feel the thin air. But to get a better view you have to climb even higher on the hills and therefore you will get rewarded with a fabulous outlook. The architecture of the squeezed brick buildings extend as far as you can see.

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BOLIVIA: Tupiza – Door to the Mountains

Tupiza is the central city in the department of Potosí in the south of Bolivia which is located just in the middle of the Andeans. As well it was our start to a fantastic journey through the mountain desert with phenomenal landscape views and amazing meetings with freak out rock formations. The next days could have been as well on planet Mars. We just arrived from Argentina and went to the bus station to check the options for the next steps of our travels. But there was no bus, at least none in the next eight hours.

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BOLIVIA: Streetart La Paz – Urban Creations on highest Altitude – Streetart & Graffiti Collection

The city of La Paz is the highest administrative capital in the world and is located in the Altiplano plateau of the Andes at more than 3.500 meters above sea level. More than 750.000 people live in the mountainious area and it is the third biggest city in the country. There are numerous thing we could tell you ab La Paz, but this page here is about graffiti and streetart from that place. Here is a collection with graffiti rom one of the highest cities in the world. Streetart on an ultimate altitude. We found some really nice pieces, combined with urban views. Indigenious traditions meet today customs combined with actual issues of the whole society.

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BOLIVIA: Cementerio de Trenes – Uyuni

While we drove through the salt desert of Bolivia during our South America trip we made a little stop at an old train cementary. The „Cementerio de trenes“. The scene is just fantastic and a cinematic playground, the perfect place for a new Mad Max movie or a zombie apocalypse. The train cementary is located near the desert town Uyuni at around 3600 meters altitude. And you notice the height with every step for sure. In the big salt desert – the Salar de Uyuni – there is annually the famous Dakar Race on the route between Argentina over Chile to Bolivia with Uyuni as one of the main headquarters.

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