Blogs from Salar de Uyuni, Potosí Department, Bolivia, South America - page 25

15/06/09 Woke up after not such a good nights sleep, the bed being concave and offering no support at all, oh how I miss the holiday Inn! Went to town again and had another meal at Dumbo’s it is good food at a reasonable price. Emma and Lisa went looking for a way to get to Rio for the 27th but did not have much lack, the prices being $325 lack excl tax. I suggest they just take buses old Paraguay as I had found a flight for them for £136 it taxes direct to Rio. Not sure what they will do. Went to the bus station to get a bus to the Salar de Unni that was meant to leave at 7 but this is S. America and toning is worse than Africa as there ... read more

When I began planning my trip to South America I asked a friend who had travelled in the area for some advice and she said that a 4x4 tour in the south of Bolivia to see the salt flats was absolutely unmissable. For that reason this part of my trip was one of the most anticipated segments becuase I trusted that it would be amazing. My three day adventure did not dissapoint. I managed to leave my comfy bed and face the brutally cold morning to meet up with eight other backpackers also using Cordillera travel for their trip and cross the border into Bolivia. After the nightmare of Chilean crossings getting into Bolivia was a piece of cake. We somehow divided ourselves up into two groups and got into a pair of 4x4 Toyotas that ... read more

Le Salar de Uyuni est dans le sud de la Bolivie. C´est le plus grand salar du monde. Pour le visiter, nous avons du booker un tour avec une agence. Il y a une soixantaine d´agences...et il est difficile de choisir. Nous en avons pris une au hasard. Dans notre voiture, il y avait un couple de retraites francais, un irlandais, un americain et une bolivienne. Notre groupe etait tres sympa. L´americain voyageait en velo depuis pres de 3 ans. Il est parti de Seattle en Septembre 2007 et va rejoindre le sud de l´Argentine...tout en velo! Les paysages du salar sont magnifiques mais il faisait un froid et un vent horribles! Selon le chauffeur, les couleurs des lagons n´etaient pas au top a cause du vent.... Les nuits etaient extremement froides...sans chauffage...avec des fenetres cassees....Heureusement, ... read more

Unfortunately, it has come that time when the blog isn't going to rave about a place or an excursion. The 3 night, 4 day trip from Tupiza to the Uyuni Salt Flats was disappointing with only a few highlights. We signed up for the excursion with La Torre Tours. The woman who sold us the trip, Delmira lied about some of the sights we would see and the places we would sleep. The food paralleled terrible and the jeep's tires needed to be changed 6 times. A Thank You goes to the jeeps from the other companies who took the chance of being stranded by giving us their spare tires. The only good thing from La Torre was our English speaking guide, Raoul. Raph, our driver did his best and tried to fix the jeep as ... read more

Salar - First day We arrived at uyuni in the midst of a tremendous dust storm and the town looked like something out of an old western film - the only thing missing was the tumbleweeds! It was so cold that we grabbed a room in the first hotel we saw. Nothing flash but at least we were out of the wind and cold. We then had to try and find the recommended tour company Avi Tours, after wandering the town for some time with no joy (including ages waiting in the cold outside the Tourist information kiosk). Eventually a policeman sent us in the right direction - back to our hostal, the tour company was across the road. Of course this was all in vain, as although we booked with them they sold us on ... read more