SALAR DE UYUNI - THE LARGEST SALT DESERT IN THE WORLD
Day 1 - Train Cemetary
From Sucre we took an 8 hour bus ride to Uyuni, the desert town bordering the salt flats. Not much in this town, just a jumping off point to see some spectacular views in the desert. Our first stop on our tour was an old train cemetary, where decades old train and train parts have been left to rust in the desert sun.
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| Gotta get the workout in |
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| Swing time on the train |
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| Cory and Fabio (our Italian friend) |
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| Great day to ride a train |
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| The train conductor |
Train boneyard
Next we visited the salt museum and learned how the salt was processed. After that we had lunch by mounds of salt, the salt is raked into mounds for ease of pickup and transportation. We also visited a spot where there were a bunch of flags put there by fellow travelers, no USA flags though, we shoulda brought one had we known. We then had a chance to take some cool photos with a beautiful desert backdrop. After the photos, we visited Inca Huasi (Fish Island) to see the giant cacti and have great views of the salt flats all around.
Tastes like salt
The salt mounds
Not too comfortable
Come on America!
Other worldly
Our 4runner and our crew
"It´s this big!"
She´s got the whole world in her hand
JUMP JUMP
Lost some weight (and height) on this trip
We knew there was still dinosaurs on Earth
Fish Island
Big ol´cacti
The salt flats around us
Our first night in a salt hotel
Even the table is made out of salt
Day 2
The next day we drove through the Chuguana desert past some extinct volcanoes and the semi active Ollague volcano. We then had a lunch by a laguna where there were a ton of flamingoes, in the middle of the dessert! Crazy! After lunch we drove to the "tree of rock", then onto our final destination of the day, Laguna Colorada. Laguna Colorada was an amazingly colored red lake, there we slept in a dorm for the night.
Lamas in the desert
"Train keeps a rollin"
Ollague volcano
Flamingos in the laguna
National Geographic, here I come!
Just like Florida
Tree of Rock
Future tumbleweed
Laguna Colorada
Not a bad view for the night
Last night in the salt flats
Day 3
The last day we woke up at 4am to get an early start, but boy was it cold. -7 celcius that morning, brr!Our first stop was "Sol de Mañana" geysers to see the bubbling mud pools and the steam jets. After the geysers we continued on to some much needed hot springs for a dip. Warmed up now, we headed to the "Dali desert" and onto our final destination of the tour, Laguna Verde (Green Lake). We arrived at the Bolivia-Chile border around 10am and made it to San Pedro, Chile in the Atacama Desert around 12pm. Chile updates to come!!!!!
Steam jet
Kinda smells like rotten eggs
Bubbling mud pools
Dali´s inspiration
Laguna Verde
Last pic in Bolivia
