As beautiful as this looks, let me assure you it was f´f´freezing and about 5:30am. Although I shouldn´t complain I´ve seen the reports on the weather at home!
Salt Plains December 9th 2005 Days 26 & 27
We headed off in 4x4 s to Solar de Uyuni - 12000 square kms of pure salt! It was amazing. Pure white salt against bright blue skies for as far as you could see. It used to be a lagoon but the water dried up so it's just salt that's left. It looked like ice. We stopped at a salt hotel where everything is made of salt - including the furniture and then stopped at a ra ... read more
South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Salar de Uyuni Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more
Due to the fact that we've lived too far apart for the past 2 years. We've decided to jack it all in and spend some quality time together. And what better way to do it? 6 months round the world... Some people have asked us where we'll be at certain times. For Xmas we'll be in Lima, Peru. We'll give you the address if anyone wants to send us a xmas card!! New year, Auckland New Zealand. Australia from Feb 1st - April 1st and Thailand from about mid April - May 25th.... full info