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!

Laguna verde (green).

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

Beautiful camping!

Headed into a storm!

Another lake along the route.

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

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

Contemplating the ride.

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

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

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

The mountains certainly made us feel small.

Riding through a small altiplano village.

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

Pushing, we did a lot of pushing.

Kevin far ahead.

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

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

Home sweet home for the night.

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