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The Salar de Uyuni, a sea of salt, a salt desert, in southwestern Bolivia, was once an inland sea, or giantsalt water lake, but the water vanished into the thin dry air of Andean altitude. All that remains is the salt, tens of meters thick, lying stark beneath bright sky like a sun-bleached skeleton of a dead sea.

By bus and train, tourists, the majority international backpackers, make their way to the dusty town of Uyuni where travelers join tours. Most opt for the standard...
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