Contemplating the ride.

This tough but extremely rewarding route took us through the first hundred kilometers of the typical lagunas route (past Laguna verde) before taking us away from the main jeep route and onto a much less used beautiful jeep track which led us up and over multiple 4,700m+ high passes. This was my favorite route in Bolivia (and one of my favorites in all of the world), and I would highly suggest it to anyone up for a bit of a challenge!

There was a whole lot of salt due to the mineral deposits throughout this region.

Kevin crossing a half frozen stream barefoot as its snowing. Miserable!

Home sweet home for the night.

This is what makes all the hard climbs worth it!!

We got snowed on during one of our climbs which made the world even more beautiful!

The mountains certainly made us feel small.

You can see Kevin to the left, a tiny blob cycling in a vast landscape.

Another lake along the route.

Contemplating the ride.

Headed into a storm!

Admiring one of the funny colored lakes: colored due to the minerals.

All around was sand upon sand, though thankfully, the route wasn’t all that bad.

Laguna verde (green).

Riding through a small altiplano village.

One of many river crossings, most of which were half frozen which left our feet very cold!

Beautiful camping!

Pushing, we did a lot of pushing.

Kevin far ahead.

Headed into Bolivia, it’s just around this corner!

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