The Bolivian Clock That Runs Backwards
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 18, 2019
The building that houses Bolivia’s legislative assembly in Plaza Murillo, in central La Paz, features a clock above the entrance that looks ...
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The Legacy of Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 16, 2018
A two-hour bumpy ride from Uyuni across Bolivia’s high plains will take you to the small town of San Vicente. At the entrance to this remote...
The Witches’ Market of La Paz, Bolivia
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 11, 2018
Along a narrow cobblestone street in an old quarter of La Paz , in Boliva, old women dressed in traditional Andean garb of colorful ankle-le...
The Mysterious Sajama Lines of Bolivia
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 30, 2017
Crisscrossing the highland plains in western Bolivia is a network of thousands of near perfectly straight lines etched into the ground. Thes...
Cerro Rico: The Mountain That Eats Men
Kaushik Patowary
May 27, 2017
High in the Andes, in southwest Bolivia, towering above one of the highest cities in the world, stands the cone-shaped peak of Cerro Rico —t...
The Colorful Mansions of El Alto
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 28, 2017
Spread out across the Bolivian highlands, at 4,000 meters, the city of El Alto is predominantly ochre-red, with thousands of low, matchbox-l...
The Mystery of Puma Punku’s Precise Stonework
Kaushik Patowary
May 16, 2015
Puma punku is the name of a large temple complex located near Tiwanaku, in Bolivia, and is part of a larger archaeological site known as Tia...
Laguna Colorada: The Red Lagoon of Bolivia
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 19, 2014
Laguna Colorada, or the Red Lagoon, is a shallow salt lake located at an altitude of 14,000 feet in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivi...
Cal Orcko: A 300 Feet Wall With Over 5,000 Dinosaur Footprints
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 18, 2013
On the outskirts of the city of Sucre, in Bolivia, is a large cement plant, and when the quarry it uses was being expanded, workers discover...
7 Highest Cities in the World
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 12, 2013
Like the microscopic bacteria, human beings too have learned to evolve and flourish in extreme conditions – from the scorching heat of the S...
The Incredible Mountain City of La Paz, Bolivia
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 25, 2012
La Paz whose full name is Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia and the second largest city in the country (in p...
The Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 29, 2011
Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Peru and Bolivia, about 3,811 meter above sea level, making it the highest commercially nav...
Salar de Uyuni in Boliva: World’s Largest Salt Flat
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 18, 2011
Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa), located in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, is one of the most visually captivating plac...
The Train Graveyard in Bolivia
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2011
Located some 3 km outside the trading town of Uyuni, in southwest Bolivia, lies an antique train cemetery. In the past, Uyuni was an import...
Hotel de Sal Playa – The salt hotel of Bolivia
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2009
In the middle of Salar de Uyuni, a huge salt deposit in southwestern part of the Bolivia, is located a hotel made entirely of salt. It isn’...
