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Sicily (1)

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Arriving at Palermo’s Falcone-Borsellino Airport – named after the two indefatigable Mafia fighters of the 1990’s, both killed by that same Mafia – we headed straight to the car rental agencies. Where we were pleasantly surprised to find that our booking for a small car had been upgraded, at no extra cost, to a medium [...]
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Hamed Ela and Lake Asale

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A small village entirely depending on salt winning from the lake, and transport of the salt slabs.
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Lake Afrera

Locations
A large lake, and associated salt works, and corrugated-iron villages, in the middle of the desert.
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Dichioto and the Eli Dar Salt Lake

Locations
Disappointing salt lake and nondescript truckers village, with little to attract the tourist.
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De Argentijnse Altiplano: van Stierenvechters en Indianen

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Een reis door het Noordwesten van Argentinie voert langs de enige stierengevechten in Zuid Amerika, en langs de hoogste spoorweg en de hoogste wijngaard ter wereld, en dat alles omgeven door het spectaculaire landschap van de Andes en de Altiplano, de Argentijnse hoogvlakte.
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Salinas Grandes

Locations
Extensive salt flats in between high Andes peaks in the NW of Argentina.
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62. Hamed Ela

Blog entries
I cannot really call it a road, the stretch we are driving from Dodom to Hamed Ela, our next destination. First we bounce back across the lava surface again, then we follow, well, the occasional track, or just the gut feeling of our road runner: as part of our obligatory team of support, we have [...]
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