http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Bolivia , Potosí Department , Uyuni en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:11:50 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:11:50 +0000 ...it is cold it is not very pretty and they only put the heating on at 8pm at nightThis is a very short blog as not many photos and not much happenedOK 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 unti http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-422792.html It was a long day to get from La Paz to Uyuni. I did most of my organizing and repacking last night so I could go out for an early breakfast at my favourite caf before our driver picked us up. Even with our earlierthanusual start it was still nearly 10am before we were out of the canyon and through El Alto onto the open road.It was strange to go through the toll booth at Konani instead of s http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-417542.html After Potosi we took another 6 hour Andean bus journey to Uyuni which is a dull cold boring town. From there we took a 3 day tour of the Salar de Uyuni the biggest salt flats in the world the altiplano laguna and the high desert. All at around 4000m above sea level The salt flats were first on the list. Theyre vast and absolutely amazing. Its hard to describe what its like to drive acr http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-415240.html Llegamos a Uyuni el 71 y nos hospedamos en Hotel Avenida.El da 81 tomamos la excursin con Legal Tour.Fueron 3 das de mucho viaje recorriendo lugares increble. Todo absolutamente todo era un paisaje perfecto un cuadro.El problema es salir de ac. Todos los micros se rompen entre la lluvia y los caminos de tierra los viajes de 8hs terminan siendo de 24hs. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-407002.html EN FRANCAIS PLUS BASMORE PHOTOS HEREAs Karine and I arrive in Copacabana we both wonder why on earth our Argentines friends said they literally loved the place and would have wanted to stay a whole week. Apart from the extremely touristy strip where all the restaurants are serving the exact same food for the exact same price the rain and the dodgiest hostels I have seen in all my trip the onl http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-406104.html On the morning of our fourth day there were rumors floating around that the transportation sector and most other businesses in the city of Uyuni were on strike. This meant all access in and out of the city was blocked and most businesses were closed. As you can gather this was a large concern to us considering our excursion was supposed to end in Uyuni .From what we were able to understand th http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-406044.html 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 js http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-405958.html We rose early climbing into thick layers and pulling our bobble hats low over our ears. For the first 2km we had an additional passagener. We drove the driver who had been involved in yesterdays accident to a place from which he might easily hitchhike to his home town. He was silent and shellshocked as he sat beside us in the back seat his clothes ripped and stained. We noticed the fingers o http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-396576.html Leaving ChileThree Large vehicles waited outside for us and our bags. It was a short ride from San Pedro to the border and we were soon getting our Chilean Exit papers stamped and proceeding into nomans land. Not long after that we were approaching a rundown stone building bearing the flag of Bolivia. I must mention that the road here was not paved. The facilities consisted of an old bus tha http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-396515.html 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 ped http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-394951.html 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 v http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-388783.html Bolivia huh Didnt think Id 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 handmedown buses we reached the town of Uyuni. Here we scheduled a three day tour of the surrounding area. Six of us piled into a 1980s Land Cruiser and set out to see the sights. The sights included a rusted out train cemetary gla http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-387951.html After the horrendous night last night we made it to the hut where the bus to Bolivia was collecting us. It was litterally a garage with a battered old coach in it. What are we letting ourselves in for with Atacama 2000 We left Calama on road but after a few miles we hit the dessert dirt track and sat on it for 3 hours or so. The bus also broke down at one point but the driver pulled out his trust http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-387108.html Picture this and the pics will help if notWe took a 4 day tour in a Toyota Landcruiser with driver and cook across land not roads going from Tupiza to Uyuni. The landscape changed every time we looked out of the window. Dramatic is an understatement. The changing colours were incredible. We ascended to over 5000m we saw magnesium sulphate encrusted lakes canyons steep escarpments flamingo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-382283.html A relaxing and lazy day with nice company. Food Drinks Sleeping... http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-369727.html HelloSo how long does it take to travel 208km....2hrs max you may think.......Not in Bolivia It took us 8 long bumpy hours crossing flooded roads through almighty hail storms up and down mountains and through some of the most spectacular scenery you could imagineAnother pounding to our already aching behinds and we eventually made it to Uyuni....phew what a flying tour of the country we http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-367061.html Nr du vekkes kl 0330 og du kommanderes rett inn i bilen uten frokost s er det bare lillehjernen og kroppens mekaniske funksjoner som fungerer. Det var stille i bilen de frste to timene. S rdmer det i horisonten og solen kommer opp. Jeg sa Stopp til Elias og fikk tatt et par bilder av soloppgangen. Den er helt oppe p under fem minutter her nede. S sier han Vr rask geysirene er rett der http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-365216.html Neste dag opprant og Franco og jeg hadde diskutert hvor lang denne dagen kom til bli. Vi visste jo at programmet var tettpakket at vi stort sett skule kjre i omrder uten vei og at det ville bli varmt. Hyden i det srlige Uyuniomrdet inn mot den Chilenske gensen ligger p fra 4200 5500 meter og temperaturene varierer fra over 40 grader midt p dagen til ned mot 5 grader om natten.Vi sta http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-364331.html Vi ankom Uyuni p ettermiddagen og rakk en liten fottur i byen fr det ble mrkt. N er jeg 16t med buss inne i Bolivia og har enn ikke sett asfalt. Denne siste bussturen har sltt alle tidligere rekorder. Det er stigninger rett opp p over 2000m. Jeg satt hele tiden og drakk vann og gispet dottene ut av rene. S gr det de samme 2000 rett ned igjen i hrnlsvinger med ls sand og stein i veika http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-364099.html DI LAGUNE DESERTI VULCANI E SALARE REPORTAGE FOTOGRAFICO DEL VIAGGIO ATTRAVERSO LA SALARA DI UYUNIQuando le parole non servono... Sono figlio del cammino la carovana la mia casa e la mia vita la pi sorprendente avventura.Amin Maaluf Leone l'Africano http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/Potosi-Department/Uyuni/blog-357728.html