February 8, 2006


Some of the group, drinking coco tea at 4900m.

Views from 4900 meters.

In the back of the jeep with Cara and Amy.

Fantastic!

Looking out on the valley.

Old church

Great blue sky!

Ancient ruins

Wicked mountain views

The ruins of an old mining city.

The streets of the village....4200 meters up!

Our first nights stop.

Bright and early in the morning....day one without a shower!

Driving through the hills!

Our jeep going over a bridge some other guys made. Thank you!

A huge truck stuck in the mud.

A village in the mountains.

The two jeeps, still lookin pretty clean.

Our lunch spot for the 1st day....this is where Trace got bit by a dog! Bad dog. And had a minor mental breakdown!

Some donkeys!

Our first llama sighting of the day....and not the last.

Our crazy American jeep partners doing their push ups. The did this sporatically throughout the day. Needless to say, I didn`t join them!

First day of the tour and lookin nice and clean! Not for long!

Having fun with the cactus.

Mountain flowers.

The jeep waiting for us to take photos.

Beautiful countryside.

Me and Trace...she was so hurting from the wicked sun burn on her legs...poor girl!

Soooo fantastic!

The first day of our 4 day 4x4 jeep tour from Tupiza to Uyuni.

Wicked views of the valley from the tops of the mountains.

All the tobacco leave fields.

Tracer on her horse.

A huge butterfly/moth. A couple inches wide.

The very nice house we were at to go riding. Sweet.

From Hostel Clan!! Our breakfast girl, Gemma. This was the horse back riding gig she had! Crazy!

My horse, Brewha(sp?), means witch in spanish! So good.

The next day we were hurting at horse back riding. Very hung! Mik and Aggie! Look whos there!!!!

Back at the hostel, the next night, some Argentine guys entertaining us!

Very lush and green.

Beautiful.

And red rock too.

Coming out of the mountains.

Entering the cloud covered mountains. Very earie.

Looking into the mist.

Loads of cactus!

The road leading to the clouds....literally!

Watch for Llamas! or is it a Vicu�a?

Fields of flowers.

Tracer and me.