Blogs from Salar de Uyuni, Potosí Department, Bolivia, South America - page 26

Hey guys, Well it give me great pleasure to start a blog by saying that the bus ride although long, was really awesome! Our trip from Potosi to Uyuni was probably the most visually stunning ride I´ve ever been on. The landscape through this part of Bolivia ranges from different color mountains to plains full of Llamas, really cool. Well we arrived in Uyuni and after almost being completely screwed due to the fact the only bank machine in town was broken we were relieved when it was fixed shortly there after. I´m still convinced they have an old lady who just sits inside and hands out cash, I swear I heard that machine cough. Anyways money in hand we cruised Uyuni to look for a tour operator to book our Salt Flat tour and transfer ... read more

Bonjour bonjour, Desolee de vous donner des nouvelles si tard. Malheureusement, hier a Uyuni, les ordinateurs etaient pourris, j,ai perdu pas moins de 3 fois mes supers resumes... La Mme etait pas contente et comme ce blogue fait egalement office de journal de voyage, j;ai decide de reporter a plus tard ma seance d;ecriture. Je vous fais donc le resume de mes 4 jours dans la magnifique region du Salar et du Sud Lipez. Sans blague, ce sont les paysages les plus beaux et les plus magiques qu;il m;ait ete donne de voir. C,etait vraiment incroyable. Donc jeudi dernier, je profite de la super douche chaude de mon hotel une derniere fois. Ce sera ma derniere douche avant 3 jours... la perspective est un peu terrifiante. Ensuite, petit-dejeuner. Encore une fois, je m;etonne et mange meme ... read more

Surely nothing could go wrong! Well it did. After our breakfast of pancakes tea we all gathered outside ready to go with our bags. Only problem was that one of the jeeps was refusing to start. Our two guides worked tirelessly on the engine to get it to work. We had been told to expect problems as the terrain we were travelling through wasn’t exactly like a road of any type. Out here also there is no garages or mechanics. The guides are fully qualified in maintaining their own vehicles. It was 8am when we were meant to leave and it didn’t look like we were moving any time soon. The guides were apologetic about the delay and told us we would be underway as soon as possible. As you might see from our photo’s there ... read more

"Excuse me, are you Max??" Loitering on the street whilst trying not to look tooo dodgy we'd already accosted two or three likely targets, each guy looking slightly bemused before making a hasty retreat down the road. Our target was a 19 year old Scottish bloke by the name of Max and our reason for stalking him, to suss out how much Spanish he spoke and whether he'd mind translating on a Salar de Uyuni tour. You see we'd found a tour leaving the next day and whilst the price was right the driver didn't speak English. With the three of us (me, Marika and Will) more at "survival Spanish" level we were keen to see if the other person already booked on, Max, spoke Spanish as the agency claimed and if so whether he'd mind ... read more

We left San Pedro de Atacama at 8am on a bus to the Bolivian border. Chris was still not feeling 100% but we were not able to switch our tour day to the next day to give him a day to feel healthy. So whether he liked it or not, we were off. Both Hadyn and the Kiwi couple (Clint and Shannon) joined us for the trip, so we were set. We arrived at the Bolivian border at 9am and were all ready to get stamped in to Bolivia. Americans have to pay a $135 Visa fee for Bolivia, but we were told by the Bolivian consulate in Mendoza, Argentina that we could do this at the border. So when we were arrived, we were ready to fork over some cash and get into Bolivia. Then ... read more