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!

The mountains certainly made us feel small.

Laguna verde (green).

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

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

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

Headed into a storm!

Riding through a small altiplano village.

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

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

Home sweet home for the night.

Contemplating the ride.

Kevin far ahead.

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

Beautiful camping!

Pushing, we did a lot of pushing.

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

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

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

Another lake along the route.

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