South Western Bolivia

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We have spent the past few days in a jeep passing through the dramatic scenery of south western Bolivia. Highlights have included the salt flats of Uyuni, colourful lagunas, geysers, weird rock formations and wild desert and mountain landscapes. The whole journey was so spectacular we have posted some additional photos (not that they are as amazing as the real thing!). The salt flats were completely unreal- very unique!
Our experiences included a night in a hotel constructed entirely of salt and a 4.30am trip to plunge into hot springs in sub-zero temperatures.
Along the way we extended our poker-winning streak to 6 out of 6 which helped pay our emigration fee from Bolivia. We are looking forward to 6 days in Chile before the final leg of our trip in Australia.
Enjoy the photos, we had fun taking them!

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Photos

Penny is Blown Away by Darryl
Salar de Uyuni

Salar de Uyuni
Salt pyramids

Snack break
Salar de Uyuni

Handy Friends
Salar de Uyuni

Penny´s not too big for her boots...
Salar de Uyuni

Balancing Act
Salar de Uyuni

Holiday Reflections
Salar de Uyuni

Hotel de Sal
Staying at a hotel built entirely from salt!

Windy Rock
SW Bolivian Desert

Laguna Colorado
The Red Lake

Sunrise at the Hot Springs
Flamingo Lake, SW Bolivia

Comments

[Sara/h (saarke)]

Great pictures!
Great! Extra pictures! ;) Place looks very astonishing and definitely worth a visit! What is this with these 'mock-pictures' and the Salar de Uyuni? I saw more people who took pictures like that there .. Is it a 'tradition' to do that there?

[Francesca]

Worried
Have you been eating dodgy mushrooms?

[Tina]

Accommodation
I'm not sure I would have fancied the five star accommodation in Bolivia but the Salt Hotel must have been amazing. Were you tempted to scrape bits off the wall to add to your chips? Incidentally Penny, after your diagnosis at xmas, Ashley's 'skin problem' has finally cleared after THREE tubes of cream. I realised this must have been playing on your mind over the last three months, sorry for not mentioning it earlier. You can relax and enjoy the rest of your travels now. Darryl, your likkle sis must be so lonely without you, she's coming all the way to sunny Npton to stay with her superior, but clearly less well travelled, and only slightly older,sibling very soon, woo hoo. Just running out to buy an air bed xx

[Iain]

memory
Is it just me or does anyone else think Daz looks rather like David Carradine in 'Kung Fu' (or whatever teh series was called) in the sunrise picture?