Blogs from Uyuni, Potosí Department, Bolivia, South America - page 10

...it is cold, it is not very pretty and they only put the heating on at 8pm at night!! This is a very short blog as not many photos and not much happened! OK, so the Salt flat tour ended and we were dropped off in Uyuni. We did not a hostel booked so we asked at 2 places (no space or no TV) and found ourselves at Hotel Julia! The place was fairly clean but it was FREEZING. There was no heating until 8pm at night, nothing to do in Uyuni town itself so Brim and I fully clothed got into sleeping bags, threw what blankets they had over us and watched mindnumbing TV for the rest of the day and into the evening. Next day, after a long wait where I read my book ... read more

Po opusteni Chile jsme se vydali na 3 denni cestu Jeepem po Bolivii. Cela cesta byla v celkem vysoke nadmorske vysce (3000 - 5000m.n.m.), ale vsichni to zvladali celkem dobre. Bylo nas 6 v jeepu a ridic. Takze ceska skupinka vedla vypravu :) Jeli jsme ze San Pedra smer Salar a koncili jsme v Uyuni. Prvni den jsme videli krasnou prirodu, laguny ruznych barev, skaly a kameny ruznych tvaru. Koupali jsme se v horkych prirodnich laznich a videli gejsiry. Druhy den hlavne kanon a dalsi skalnate utvary. Treti den jsme konecne vyrazili na Salar. Prohlidli si poust, vyfotili solne muzeum a hotel a ochutnali trochu soli. Zastavili se na ostruvku s kaktusama a v dole na sul. Posledni zastvka byla na pohrebisti vlacku a pak primo do Uyuni. Tam jsme poobedvali Lami stejk (mnam) a pak ... read more

We trudged to the bus station and jumped on our midnight bus to the border, arriving there after a fitful 7 hours sleep, ready to cross into Bolivia. We had to walk the mile or so to the border crossing, where there were no problems at all, and entered Bolivia. During our walk down the one road of the border town to the bus station we knew we were in Bolivia, the huge bags of coca leaves being peddled the major give away! Our first Bolivian bus was quite a shock to the system after the fantastic transport in Argentina, an old bus bumping over pot holes on a dirt road for three hours to the small town of Tupiza, although the scenery was beautiful the whole way, skirting the sides of mountains, along the top ... read more

Hola, So we left salta today and got on a bus to the border of bolivia. The bus does not go across, so we have to grab our packs and walk across the border into bolivia. Well we decided to take the 5.30am bus, so we would arrive at the border earlier then the 7am bus. Because after crossing the border we then have to go the train station and buy train tickets to uyuni. Well we forgot to ask one very important question when buying our tickets,,,,, what time does it arrive? Apparently this 5.30 bus makes quite a few more stops on the way. Its more of a locals bus. So after 8 hours on the bus we arrived at the border at 1.30, a whole half hour sooner than the 7am bus would ... read more

Bolivia huh? Didn´t think I´d ever be finding myself here. First on our agenda were the Uyuni Salt Flats. After quite a bit of time bouncing down dirt roads in hand-me-down buses, we reached the town of Uyuni. Here we scheduled a three day tour of the surrounding area. Six of us piled into a 1980´s Land Cruiser and set out to see the sights. The sights included a rusted out train cemetary, glassy lagoons full of flamingos, another volcano, hot springs, and the spectacular salt flats. Once again, pictures do not do this place justice. Our first day, we went to an "island" covered in cacti in the middle of the salt flats, stayed in a hostel made of salt bricks, ate some llama steaks, and did some exploring of the area. Waking before sunrise, ... read more