Blogs from Salar de Uyuni, Potosí Department, Bolivia, South America - page 2

The further we progressed on our journey, the further apart we grew... I was miserable. I didn't want to be there. The thought of getting up and leaving occurred to me many times. But I was committed to withstand the pain and agony for a few more days..Uyuni Salt Flat was amazing. We spent the day ignoring each other, while talking at our guesthouses for the night. We stayed 3 nights in various guesthouses. All provided everything we needed. The last day of this tour we reached the Chilean-Bolivian border. It was where I said my goodbyes to her...We tipped our driver and he was happy to accept our tip. I wonder if I would ever see her again? I cried most of the way back. We stopped at a little town for lunch. We arrived ... read more

24.11.2016 Lazy Day - Lange Schlafen und faul sein. Heute war unser freier Tag wo wir endlich einmal ausschlafen konnten. Doch leider hat uns der Biologische Wecker einen Strich durch die Rechnung gemacht. Um 7uhr konnten wir einfach nicht mehr schlafen- daher gingen wir gleich Frühstücken. Gegen Mittag machten wir einen Spaziergang durch La Paz- Von einem Markt zum Anderen. Moni & Michi gönnten sich inzwischen einen Wohlfühl-Tag beim Friseur. Am Abend setzten wir uns alle gemütlich im Hotel zusammen und quatschen über Gott und das Leben. Nach einigen Pisco Cola lockerte sich die Runde und die gemütliche Runde wurde in einen lässigen Club verlegt. Unser Peruanischer Tourguide hatte quasi seinen letzten Abend mit uns, bevor er wieder zurück nach Cusco fährt. Ausweispflicht für den Club. Alle mussten den Ausweis herzeigen doch die Christina hat ihren ... read more

After a relaxing night in Bahia Inglesa I booked a nine hour bus to San Pedro de Atacama; 8,000ft. high in the Atacama Desert of Chile. Unfortunately the ride took twelve hours and I showed up into town around midnight with no where to stay. At least I got to watch the Rambo Saga during my journey, all four movies of it in Spanish, yay! San Pedro is small enough though and I was able to get a place to stay no problem. My first impression of this place was that it was like Santa Fe, New Mexico. This late at night it was a quaint little desert village and the stars were amazing. The next morning I woke up and the quiet dusty streets had transformed into a mass of foreign backpackers all sporting their ... read more

Following the Dakar Rally Part 4...Coral Castles in the Sky. The most vivid colours I have ever seen were in St Crispin's Reef...part of the outer reef of the Great Barrier Reef...about 24 miles off the coast of northern Queensland. Snorkeling while hovering over a giant clam...flashes of the brightest richest purple fringed with red as it concertinaed it's serrated shell while blowing bursts of bubbles at me...corals in vivid oranges, reds, whites and yellows...seaweed dancing...fish in flashing spectrums darting in and about. That was at sea level...or a tad below. Some years later we are driving through the Altiplano of Bolivia ...about 3,600 or more metres above sea level...about to climb a coral castle in the sky. We were in a fossilized coral reef...uplifted by the Andes mountains...coral everywhere. Blew my mind I gotta say. ... read more

Following the Dakar Rally Part 2...The Mummies of Volcan Thunupa. We are traveling the highest altitude plateau areas on Earth other than Tibet. Like Tibet the people here are tough...wild dark eyes...smiles of an inner knowledge...landscapes with a wow factor like an oil painting punctured with mountain peaks. While in Tibet the mountains can be sharp and lance the sky...in Bolivia there are volcanoes...and we are going to climb one. Its name is Thunupa...the Amaya god of lightning and volcanoes. I dream of Anak Krakatoa, the island volcano in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra that we reached in monstrous seas and torrential rain...the sun opening the clouds as we approached ...smoke from the cone puffing a welcome or was it a warning? My boots sinking in deep cinder sand every step as we climbed ... read more