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!

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

Riding through a small altiplano village.

Kevin far ahead.

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

Contemplating the ride.

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

Headed into a storm!

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

Laguna verde (green).

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

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

Beautiful camping!

The mountains certainly made us feel small.

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

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

Another lake along the route.

Home sweet home for the night.

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

Pushing, we did a lot of pushing.

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