Tupiza

2. - 4. March 2010

A lovely small town in the south-west of Bolivia surrounded by red rocks. Here I took on the cowboy hat and went horseback riding into the red canyons. Due to a national bus strike I got stuck here for some days, which I used to explore some other canyons on foot.

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Since 10days I haven't been below 3000m Puerta del Diablo Quebrada de Palmira Puerta del Diablo Quebrada de Palmira On the horse back Entering Canon del Inca Valle de los Machos Canon del Inca Break for the horses The end of the track Nice to be in the outback My horse ;-) small creek I always wanted to be a Cowboy The train tracks are the main foot path Chicken Beef Veggies Garns From Sewing machines to cell phones Mercado Negro Pasta Ice cream Bicycle with licence plate Red rocks sourrounding Tupiza On Cerro Corazon de Jesus Meeting some local teenies Church Local market here you can get everything typical marked women World monument El Mundo On the street on market day heaps of bananas Just out of town This train tracks are still in use Red mountains everywhere Small arches Fin formation Guess who this is... Quebrada de Palala On the way back home Stone art Quebrada de Palala at sunset Goats heading home Goats heading home Vertical fins Quebrada de Palala Main footpath on the railroad line School kids on the way home Old truck everything gets wrapped in colorful blankets Local supermarket