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Colours of Bolivia CONTINUED from D8 | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 | THE STRAITS TIMES | D7 A travel series every Tuesday. The stories are also available in sgtravellers.com BON VOYAGE Colours of Hong Weixi explores the vivid landscapes of the South Bolivia American country I was greeted by stretches of brilliant blood red water when I got to Laguna Colorada in the south-west of the Altiplano, close to the Chilean border. The colour is a result of the algae and other microorganisms that thrive in the salty water of this shallow lagoon, which is also dotted with large white pools caused by massive borax deposits. There are other equally mesmerising coloured lagoons in the Altiplano Plateau — the area where the Andes are the widest — such as Laguna Verde (Green Lagoon) hen travellers think of the colourful indigenous mar- and Laguna Blanca Bolivia, they often think kets and the multi-coloured la- (White Lagoon). W only of the Uyuni Salt goons, the landscapes are varied The colours of these Flat, which at times becomes a and unparalleled. lagoons are caused refl ective pool where the white of They paint a colourful picture by high amounts of the salt fi elds blends into the blue of a country fi lled with natural minerals suspended of the sky. wonders, a rich history and diver- in the waters. But in fact, everywhere you sifi ed culture. PHOTOS: HONG WEIXI turn in this landlocked country Although nearly 300 years of in South America, an explosion Spanish colonial rule until the of colours assaults the senses. early 19th century left its mark From the whites of the snow- on Bolivia’s language, religion and capped peaks and the greens of the exuberant rainforests to CONTINUED ON D8 D8 | THE STRAITS TIMES | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 | | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 | THE STRAITS TIMES | D9 BON VOYAGE With fists pumping, Sitting amid the Andes in “cholitas”— indigenous south-west Bolivia, the Uyuni Aymara and Quechua Salt Flat was formed when women — rally the crowd Colours of a prehistoric lake went dry, in the wresting ring in El leaving behind nearly Alto, the second-largest 11,000 sq km of bright-white city in Bolivia. Indigenous salt, rock formations and women used to be socially cacti-studded islands. What ostracised and marginalised; the world’s largest salt flat they were banned from looks like depends on what using public transport time of the year you visit. and entering some public Bolivia Those who wish to get the spaces, and their work CONTINUED FROM D7 unimaginable feeling of opportunities were limited. walking on the sky should The election of Mr Evo architecture, its deep-seated in- visit during the rainy season, Morales as Bolivia’s first digenous culture and traditions which runs from November indigenous president in have survived. to April, when a layer of 2005 led to new policies that Spanish is the language of gov- water creates a mirror have improved their lives. ernment and business, but a vis- effect on the flat. During Today, cholitas — with their itor can find himself surrounded the dry season, which was braided hair, bowler hats by Quechua- or Aymara-speaking when I was there, you get and colourful, wide skirts — people; there are more than 30 to see stunning octagonal work in banks and oces, indigenous languages in Bolivia. salt formations surrounded and even take part in the Most Bolivians are Catholic, by bubbling cauldrons of traditionally men-only but they perform many rites like geysers. PHOTOS: HONG WEIXI world of wrestling. that of parading the skulls of the departed on Nov 8 (Dia de las Natitas) every year or blessing cars with holy water and alcohol. There is definitely more to Bolivia than the whites of Uyuni. CONTINUED ON D10 Even in the Southern Altiplano, where conditions are harsh, one can find fauna, including colonies of flamingos. There are three species of flamingos here; the rare James flamingo (pictured here), the Chilean flamingo and the Andean flamingo. The birds are not born pink, but grow into that colour due to a diet of shrimp-like crustaceans and beta-carotene laden bacteria and algae, found in abundance in the salt lakes in the Altiplano. The idea of dinosaurs roaming the earth millions of years ago seemed unreal to me until I laid eyes on these fossilised dinosaur footprints in Parque Nacional Torotoro. Many such footprints can be found there, all dating back to the Cretaceous period (145 million BLAZE A TRAIL IN EXOTIC LOCALES to 65 million years ago) plus the remnants of different herbivorous just in and carnivorous species. These footprints were made in soft mud, ANOTHER DAY which then solidified into mudstone and were later lifted and tilted by tectonic forces. The largest concentration of dinosaur footprints in Bolivia is found on Cal Orckó, a limestone slab about 1.5km long AUSTRALIA and 100m high, located about 5km from Sucre. 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