Cycling Across the Bolivian Altiplano to the Uyuni Salt Flat on My Surly Ogre

[@tomasaquisbert]

Bien venido a Bolivia 🇧🇴

[@BuffertheTourist]

Thank you. I love it.

[@Fixdaflicks3348]

this was the best video

[@BuffertheTourist]

Thanks so much!

[@nancyburris9801]

Safe travels! Thank you for sharing your awesome adventures! Love your videos! If you haven’t read Salt Book by Mark Kurlansky, when you return home, it’s a must read!

[@BuffertheTourist]

I haven’t. I’m putting it on the list. Thanks.

[@nancyburris9801]

@@BuffertheTourist It is surprisingly interesting! I was shocked to learn how sexy Salt is/has been throughout our World History! You will have an interesting perspective after your salt ride experience. Safe Travels!

[@jomilio4858]

@@BuffertheTouristel chicharrón de llama cero colesterol es muy exquisita lo probé realmente muy sana porque están alimentadas por las cercanías del salar de uyuni, y son muy nutritiva junto a la quinua y la cerveza Huari sabor a miel excelente cerveza muy lindo vídeo .

[@crzotr453]

Thank you so much for showing us around Bolivia. Let us take you out for some North American food when you are back home. You seem to enjoy the cuisine on the road, wait until you have 3 2 1 Go Pizza! Love the vids! Keep on...

[@BuffertheTourist]

Yes please!

[@marceloeguino]

The people are moving into the cities, El Alto used to have a few thousand people 30 years ago, now it has over a million people. Great video.

[@BuffertheTourist]

Thanks. Yeah there’s no young people outside the larger cities. All the schools look rundown and closed. It feels strange. Like I said, they all seem like ghost towns.

[@marceloeguino]

@@BuffertheTourist yeah, agriculture suffers too. They use to produce a lot more but now they are importing from Peru. Sad about the lake too, big Chinese mining companies have come into the country and they could care less about the environment. Oruro used to produce a lot of Tin (largest in the world) and other metals and worked with both English and German companies back in the day, now the Chinese just come in and rape the land.

[@BuffertheTourist]

Sad. It’s a beautiful country. So much potential.

[@BuffertheTourist]

I’m in Uyuni now. There’s tourists, but nothing like I expected.

[@marceloeguino]

@@BuffertheTourist tourism isn’t well developed, it could be great. The landscape is incredible. And that is just the altiplano, the valleys and the lowlands are beautiful too. North of La Paz there is a place called Madidi, which is an ecological treasure. Have fun man!

[@Super_Coil_Project]

I want a pair of those glasses

[@BuffertheTourist]

Ha! They’re your mom’s. Don’t tell her.

[@mikeb9189]

Awesome. OMG this guy is so good. Somebody needs to get his KZbin Channel to the Execs at CNN Films. I think they would give him his own show asap. Another excellent done episode! Thanks. Can’t wait for the next show.

[@clickbaitnumberone1403]

Isn t there an island in the middle of the lake where all these bike tourists meet, mostly younger ones? Or was it somewhere else?

[@BuffertheTourist]

There is an island. I haven’t heard of it being a meeting place though.

[@mikeb9189]

They drunk guy was asking where your suitcases were? LoL haha

[@BuffertheTourist]

Hahahaha! Are you serious?

[@mikeb9189]

Yep. Guess he never say a white guy with no luggage.

[@captkimmy]

💜💜💜💪💪💪☮️

[@alexmorgan3435]

A++++. You need a wide brimmed hat.

[@Fixdaflicks3348]

HHAHAHA lake titicaca.

[@Fixdaflicks3348]

HAHAHAHA Lake POOPO

[@derekmann857]

Google maps needs to update. Still shows lago poopo in blue lol

[@BuffertheTourist]

I saw that, but if you Google before and after they do have the dried up images.

[@derekmann857]

Hi WheelPostive, are you still in Bolivia? If so how long are you staying? Are you going into Peru?

[@BuffertheTourist]

I have one more week. I’m at Lake Titicaca now, but heading back to La Paz in a few days for my flight home.