Tuesday, January 22, 2019

BOLIVIA 2018-08 - The Stunning Siloli Desert

Siloli Desert in the southwest of Bolivia is part of the Atacama Desert in neighboring Chile.

The landscape continually changed the further we travelled. 


Snow on the desert. 


Travelling through this vast, vast expanse is truly awe inspiring. 


Increasing altitude. 


No roads


Viscachas, native to South America, looks similar to, but is not closely related to rabbits. 


Llareta plants look like moss but are in fact related to parsley.  They grow slowly and densely and feel almost as hard as a rock. 











Salvador Dalí Desert, so named because it’s landscapes are reminiscent of surrealist paintings by Salvador Dalí.


The Arbol de Piedra (Stone Tree) is a volcanic rock formation.  



Salvador Dalí Desert














A vicuña, a smaller cousin of the alpaca and lama and in fact, of the camel.  















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