Blogs from Salar de Uyuni, Potosí Department, Bolivia, South America - page 12

Salar de Uyuni was an absolutely amazing experience. On Wednesday night we hopped on an unheated..... super cold bus for an 11 hour overnight to Uyuni. When we arrived our guide met us, dropped us off in the town square to pick up breakfast and then we left for our day. The first place we stopped was the train cemetary which was a bunch of old school abandoned trains. Then we went out to the salt flats. It was amazing. Nothing but stark white salt for miles and miles with beautiful snow-capped mountains in the background. We took some geeky photos and headed off to the Ojos de Sal or the "water eyes" where the salt meets holes of bubbling water. Then off to the Tunupa Volcano. There was a really small town there where we ... read more

Thursday 5th May - Tuesday 10th May We departed Salta early in the morning and it didn't take long before the bus started climbing the Andes once more, zig-zagging its way up the mountain pass. The views were spectacular but the sheer drops outside the window and the lack of safety barriers were a cause for concern, as were the two overturned lorries we passed! However, of more concern was how we would cope with the effects of altitude (there had already been too much of this chat with other nervous travellers...), having heard many horror stories of people passing out, vomiting, migraines, you name it. Without altitude pills there was only one option available to us....manning up! We waved goodbye to Argentina at 4,200m, a little light-headed and breathless (it could have been the remants ... read more

The Quito airport, a very busy place this time of year or so it seems. I'm sitting here in a sectioned of 'special' section for those continuing on to Colombia, it seems they need us to stay away from the others....ooooh. I've been here since 8 this morning, yep I was up at 4, at the airport at 4.30 and asleep on the plane by 6.30. I've been sitting here playing around on my computer; skyping, blogging, stalking, you know, the usual. I've been eating my way through my bag; bread, hello panda (yes they had them in a lima supermarket!!) chocolate,you know all the things you should be eating before lunch time and well i've just been waiting. Luckily there's wi fi, otherwise I would be super bored. You see I have no book to ... read more

Land of Volcanoes, living the high altitude life.... read more

We were up bright and early on the second day and made our way to Laguna Colarada. But not before Miguel stifled some petrol out of our tank and sold it to the locals. A bit worrying seeing as we had to get all the way to Uyuani through the desert and no petrol stations, but I’m sure he knew what he was doing. The lagoon was known as the red lagoon with flamingos. The lagoon was red because of all the algae that lives there, which subsequently gives the flamingos their pink colour. It was a very large lagoon with hundreds of flamingos on the surface of the water. Once again it had a stunning backdrop of mountains and a beautiful reflection. Everything about this trip so far amazed us. We had quite a drive ... read more