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!

Headed into a storm!

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

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

Riding through a small altiplano village.

The mountains certainly made us feel small.

Home sweet home for the night.

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

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

Laguna verde (green).

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

Another lake along the route.

Beautiful camping!

Pushing, we did a lot of pushing.

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

Kevin far ahead.

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

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.

Contemplating the ride.

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