"behind the petrol station" at Cotapata, La Paz, Bolivia

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Typical, very wet vegetation. A on the map. © Sjoerd Mayer.

Don't look down! B on the map. © Sjoerd Mayer.

And it's all sogging wet ...  C on the map, looking west. © Sjoerd Mayer.

The petrol station at Cotapata (D on the map). The track leads across the ridge and then zigzags down the other side of the ridge. © Sjoerd Mayer.

Burning in the dry season. There is a gold mine in the gulley behind the fires. Photo taken from point E on the map towards the northeast. © Jon Hornbuckle.

Typical vegetation. A on the map. © Sjoerd Mayer.

Typical vegetation. A on the map. © Sjoerd Mayer.

Typical vegetation. F on the map. © Sjoerd Mayer.

Clouds in the valley below. And endless forest-covered slopes: no roads, no clearings. And that so close to the big city of La Paz! © Sjoerd Mayer.

Looking northwest from point C to points B and A on the map. © Sjoerd Mayer.

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