Heading south again

Looks like I'm heading back to Bolivia. I'm not really too thrilled about going for a variety of reasons, but I'm going to make the most of it. I'll be there for a month again, and this time it will be winter there, which will mean a pretty significant break from the DC Summer. I think the temperatures in La Paz during June and July reach a high of about 60 degrees and a low of about 30. I'll be pulling out my warm sweaters again, and supporting the local economy by stocking up on alpaca products. :-)

So along with work, which I'm *technically* being sent to do, I have my eye on a few potential weekend trips.

The first one is to the Salar de Uyuni which is in the south of Bolivia. It's the world's largest salt flats, which sounds a little weird, but check out some of the pictures and you might understand why I'm intrigued: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_De_Uyuni . It just looks very cool and other worldly. Certainly a unique experience.

The second one is to head to Peru and visit Machu Picchu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu . I was told during my last trip that it's fairly easy to get to by bus, actually. We'll see. But who knows when I will be that close again so I might as well give it a shot.

And I will be working up a storm when I'm not being touristy too. :-) We've had some major staff changes in our project so we are headed into a bit of a transitionary time. It could be good, it could be bad. You'll have to stay tuned to find out.

I leave on June 17 and will return home on July 15.

And just as a reminder, to see the photo albums in the link on the right, the password is my last name. :-)