We left Uyuni at about 11.00 am for our three day Salt Flat tour. Our group consisted of us, a Mexican family (Mum, Dad and Daughter), a South Korean man called Ahn and of course our driver and cook. After about twenty minutes in the jeep we noticed that Ahn, who was sitting next to us, was looking rather sweaty and uncomfortable. He then revealed that he suffered from claustrophobia so we had to pull over and let him get some air. Not a great start, especially since we had three days ahead of us in this cramped jeep. This was only a taster of things to come. Our first stop was in a tiny village just outside Uyuni where we all stocked up on woolly hats and gloves, handmade by the locals. We were warned
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