Dec 2, 2009

Bolivia, Salar de Uyuni (Part II)

Time to hit the road again after experiencing a night in a hotel made entirely from salt. Shame we forgot to take photos but we exhausted ourselves with all those jumps on the salt flat.




The serenity and the sheer beauty of this place is really hard to capture. You need to be there!

The pink flamingos

Salar de Chiguana

Vicunas

These big awkward birds are a bit shy - Bruno getting too close as usual.



Lunchtime



Vast and immense.



Arból de Piedra (Stone tree)

La Laguna Colorada




A mini tornado in the background.




Sit like an Egyptian - this one is for you Sousa!!

Another amazing night. You can obviously not see from this picture but the sky was filled with stars and this bright moon wouldn't let us go to bed. We were literally in the middle of nowhere.
The only accommodation was a clay makeshift hostel without any electricity from 10pm. The next morning was a 4 o'clock start and trying to repack in the dark wasn't a sensible thing to do, let's just say our ruck sacks are gradually getting lighter...


Third and last day in Bolivia. Early rise to see the Geysers.

Boiling earth

Into the Mystic


Breakfast out of the boot of the jeep, within seconds we were surrounded by these cheeky birds. It felt and looks like a scene from Hitchcock.

High up in the Andes

Laguna Verde (4400m above sea level)

Next stop was Chile, right behind this volcano.

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