Tour de Salar de Uyuni & Reserva de Fauna Andina Eduado Avaroa

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June 15th 2006

Published: June 18th 2006

From Potosí we took a very crowded and bumpy, five hour bus journey to Uyuni. The town would be a "middle of nowhere town" if it weren´t for all the Gringos that walk the streets looking for the best-value Land Cruiser tour to the world´s largest salt flats nearby and of course somewhere to feed, water and shelter themselves for a night. No matter where you stay in Uyuni, the nights are so cold... Read Full Entry

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No, the Size Difference is Not an Issue...

A Salt Hotel

Prayer that there´s no rain!

The Sun Sets on the Salar

A New Day

Borax Salt Lake

One for the Chemists - it´s what makes bio-washing powder biological (note: there´s nothing actually biological about it whatsoever)

Straddling the Line at Chiguana

The First Lake

Frozen - we´d later discover that most of them were.

Vulcán Ollagüe

Smoke rises from a side vent.

A Photo Together

Laura at Vulcán Ollagüe

A Smelly Lake with a Lonely Flamingo

This was the only flamingo we saw - he´d obviously forgotten to migrate with the rest of his pals. You´re probably thinking "he´s white not pink" - well there are many varieties, deal with it. Alternatively, you probably can´t even see him!

Laura Impersonates the Arbol de Piedra

A crazy-looking volcanic rock formation.

Tom & Dave Pose in Front of Laguna Colarada

Day 3 Starts with Geysers

Lots of Geysers...

Sunlight Starts to Appear

Our trusty Landcruiser waits in the distance (by the way, it was 4:30am and we were freezing our butts off).

The Sun Comes Up Over the Hot Spring Lake

A Dali Landscape

Just missing a few melting clocks, long-legged elephants and some dead bushes but you get the picture...

The Moon Hovers Over a Martian Landscape

Laguna Verde

Not looking very green because of the icy covering. Vulcán Licancábur (in Chile) and the moon can be seen behind.

At the Chilean Border

18th June 2006

dave brown
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good descriptions!
Good work on the blog guys, I couldn't have done better myself!

19th June 2006

Stuey
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It all becomes clear
Ahhh, THAT's what you were fiddling with!

12th November 2010

keithk
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olivos was terrible
nice writeup BUT Avoid Olivos like the plague. Our cheap old car broke down repeatedly - not acceptable or reasonable reasons. Overheated twice. Alternator needed repairs en route. Car literally had no clutch, so every start was a rolling start, and on the flats we clients had to get out and push. No excuses for this, plus, when we returned the nasty, quibbling owners refused to grant any refund. I had to drag them into the police office and get the magistrate to order a refund.

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