El Salar de Uyuni

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December 28th 2006

Published: January 26th 2007

This is what was #1 on my list of things to do in Bolivia and now I am finally here! So what could so interesting about a salt flat anyway? I am sure that my pictures well help describe why it is so interesting, but I'll try explain where I am. El Salar de Uyuni (the Uyuni Salt Flats) is the world's largest salt flat at 12,106 sq km and is at an elevation of 3653m above sea level (basically th... Read Full Entry

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Patrick Scott

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After working in Bolivia for six months, I decided that Latin America is where I should be at the moment. My original plans where to travel around the world for a year, but now I am focusing on South and Central America for the next year of my life. (En español) Después de trabajar en Bolivia por seis meses, decidé que latinoamerica es donde tengo que estar por el momento. Mis planes originales era viajar por el mundo para un año, pero ahora, me estoy enfocando en sudamerica y centroamerica para el próximo año de mi vida.... full info

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Isla de los Pescadores

Me on Isla de los Pescadores

Isla de los Pescadores

Looking out onto the Salt Flat from Isla de los Pescadores

Cactus with cactus flowers growing from it

Isla de los Pescadores

Cacti on la Isla de los Pescadores

Neat looking Cacti

Lunch at the Isla de los Pescadores

Lunch consisted of a llama steak, quinoa and some fresh tomatoes and cucumbers.

Salt on the Truck

Somehow these jeeps seem to drive through the salt flats almost on a daily basis and there is no corrosion from the salt. The jeep that we were in was 20 years old and didn't show any signs on corrosion.