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Bolivian road conditions?

A buddy and I are currently in Lima shooting south for Ushaia. We've heard varying reports of Bolivian roads being mostly closed due to a bad wet season. We will need to decide in a few days weather to go to La Paz and Salar de Uyuni, or to just cut straight into Chile. Any advice? Thanks!
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live the words of UNK in your signature line would be my advice.

Weather - and road conditions - change so fast, the situation today isn't the same as tomorrow.
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I went through Bolivia 2 weeks ago.

Peru border to La Pax - Paved
La Paz to Potosi - Paved
Potosi to Uyuni - Dirt, not terribly technical. 5 hour ride.
Uyuni to Ollague (Chile Border) - Dirt, not terribly technical. 4-5 hour ride
Ollague to Calama - Dirt, much better than Bolivia. last 40k are paved. 5 hour ride.

Small mud puddles here and there but in general, very dry (except the salar which is under 6 inches of water). Have fun!
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it has been said before, one day it can be good, the next washed away roads. You might have to wait a day or two. But you will miss out on a great piece of adventure is you op the direct road to Chile. You might have bad luck there as well if there is a quake or something....
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just spent 5 days in bolivia...

...made unnecessarily difficult by endless construction desvio...

almost entire length of road from verazon to tupiza is cross-country solo carril dusty desvio. We rode tupiza to potosi on the 10th of march after thunderstorms the night before - many washouts, deeply rutted mud, sometimes in 500m plus sections. Note: 90% of vehicles travelling these roads are buses or trucks which damage dirt tracks significantly.

We rode potosi to uyuni on the 11th - more of the same.

Salar was wet near Colchan entry (up to 8 inches deep) but relatively dry 1km further in.

We were pretty fed up with bolivian roads, but will undoubtedly appreciate the experience in the future.
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