Bolivia. Mostly mountaineering.

I wasn't in Bolivia for long, a little over two weeks I think. Most of this time was spent in the middle of nowhere, climbing. Or driving across large expanses of salt. Just salt. Out of the countries I have been, Bolivia hasn't really jumped out as somewhere I would rush back to, but that is probably because I did not see enough of it to be convinced. It is very poor, especially in the more remote areas, and the food is terrible. Driving through tiny villages made of mud/sand seemed more like some Taliban village in Afghanistan at some points...
On the other hand, there is some incredible high altitude mountaineering close to La Paz with very cheap logistics available. I was climbing in the Condoriri Range. Base camp 4600 meters.

Me on the summit of Cabeza de Condor/Condoriri. 11.5 hours of climbing with Rolf and Nick. 5648 meters, grade III/AD+ 55 deg 400m.
Cabeza de Condor/Condoriri is the peak in the middle.
Pequeno Alpamayo ridgeline after a successful summit. 5370m
Rolf descending Pequeno Alpamayo
Rolf.
More Rolf as the sun comes up on the glacier on the way to Pequeno Alpamayo.
3am wake up with sleeping bags and inside of tent covered in ice. Great.
View from the tent by day
View by night.
Base camp 4600m.
6am tea break.
Pequeno Alpamayo viewed from the summit of Pyramida Blanca.
Pyramida Blanca summit. First summit of the trip to help acclimatise. 5230 meters.

Typical Bolivia.
Sorting gear in La Paz.
Off to get our

Unloading combis before heading up to base camp. Loaded our gear onto donkeys and Llamas as they were so cheap to hire.
Me taking photos of lots of salt.
Quick jog
Toyosa? hmmm
Mr. Cactus

Train cemetery.
On the pull?
Llama/Alpaca. Still no idea what the difference is.


Shattered windscreen on our jeep.

Nathan and I went to this sauna/steam room/swimming pool after getting back from the mountains. Cost a quid or something for as long as you wanted.
It was as filthy, disgusting and probably contaminated as it looks from the outside. Utterly foul.

Standard attire. The blankets tied like a bag to their backs are usually full of fruit, seeds or grain, or a baby. All babies are carried like this.