After leaving Puno, we head by bus to the border with Bolivia. Having crossed the confiini our life in many countries but always landing in airports, and 'was a pretty unusual experience get off the Bus in the middle of the desert and head for the poor cabin Border Police. Here we have checked the passports and directed to a side with a bow where we crossed the border on foot, while the bus was waiting for us on the other side.
Copacabana and 'the first country of Bolivia to stay with them. Although this town is also famous for its beach Titikaka the lake, the scenery and 'certainly very different from' the homonymous resort 'Brazilian tourist. 
But the adventures were not over by bus. In fact, to leave and head to La Paz Copacabana, you have to cross a bay of Lake Titicaca, and have to do it and 'also the bus, with the means available. 
La Paz and 'the capital of Bolivia. The first capital in the world to Altitude (3600), and this I added, also one of the first to pollution from cars. 
's idea to spend time in a big city' to breathe smog not attracted to anything and so we stayed only a few hours. So we took a bus, Uyunni directions. 
Uyuni and 'famous for its salt desert in which he names (Salar de Uyuni). This is the largest saline (12,000 km2) and more high (3,700 m) in the world. 
From Uyuni we left for a 3-day tour by jeep in the desert, crossing lakes, geysers, national parks, volcanoes, canyons, and breathtaking horizons. 
I were in a jeep, Noriko, a young Canadian, a Frenchman, another Italian Cesena + The driver and the cook. 
And since 'the two were even a couple, the group there' to add a baby of 1 year. 
"The train cemetery 'and' the first leg of our journey. 
The scene took me back immediately to a western by Sergio Leone, and so I started singing the music of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. "melody and 'was then impossible to remove from the head all the way. 
Uyuni and it' is also an important railway junction of important lines all'incorocio: La Paz, for for Chile and Argentina. 
As a second step we headed to the vast salt lake. 
During two nights we slept on beds of stone hovels in the desert without hot water and heating. 
But the most interesting ' that these shelters were built with bricks of salt. So much so that one of our friends wanted to travel to the test of evidence by throwing water on the wall and then taste the salty mixture that had melted from it. And needless to say, but also the floor was as if a truck carrying salt had overturned spilling them 'whole load. 
An alleged portrayal of Che Guevara 
Along our journey we made some short breaks in the small and dry villages, where we met the most humble people. 
A local woman who removes the sand from quinoa 
a family that spends time on the 'front door. The interesting thing 'that the family is not' in that position 'cause we took a picture, but we took a picture just because' they were already in that posture. We stopped a bit 'to talk and we promised that we would have printed and sent that photo. We thought it must be a rare thing for the people of this village have a family photo. 
Nell 'last part of the trip we enjoyed the numerous lagoons separated by several kilometers and each one different from 'the other primarily for the color of the characteristic and which gives its name to them: Laguna green, blue lagoon, lagoon, white, etc.. 
The natural geysers and sulphurous were the last beautiful moments that we shared with our fellow travelers. 
fact we had arrived time to break away from the rest of the group, return to Uyuni, and continue our adventure to Chile 
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