Salt... everywhere.

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As we traveled along, people kept asking us if we were headed to the "Salar de Uyuni". It was relatively on the way so we decided to take a peek. It is the biggest salt flat/lake in the world. With all the trouble we have had with the car lately, you would think I would not try to drive through the lake to a tiny island nearby to have a picnic lunch. Well, other cars, buses and salt trucks were driving along the shallow lake bottom so I gave it a shot. It was beautiful. Afterward, I had the underside of the car washed (to get rid of the corrosive salt water) and they asked if I wanted to have the car fumigated.

"Fumigated?"

I figured they had some kind of local pest that needed to be eliminated so I said "OK". Apparently, "fumigate" means to spray the entire underside of the car with used motor oil to prevent further rust. That was especially fun when I had to make a brief repair soon afterward and got plenty of the oil on my shirt. Here are a few pictures of the salt flat/lake and a local hotel built out of salt.

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