Blogs from Salar de Uyuni, Potosí Department, Bolivia, South America - page 29

With the altitude being so high the air was pretty thin so we all slept terribly in our salt beds with no electricity! We headed off for the volcano that was behind the hostel at 7:30 and hiked up it to around 4200m. There was snow at the top and the air was so thin so breathing was pretty hard going! Getting to the peak you could view the different colours of the volcano and the views of the salt flat were unreal, it looked like a sea. After a few hours of hiking we headed back to the hostel to get lunch and load up the Jeep before leaving for the salt flat eyes. This is where the salt flat breathes and bubbles come from the earth and rise through small puddles in the salt. ... read more

We rolled out of bed and waiting for our trek to start, it is a 4x4 tour of the salt flats. At 11am we set off and the 1st destination was a train graveyard, it was so strange but really cool. You could just jump from battered old train to another taking pictures along the way! Then we hit the road (or off road!) for half an hour or so where we hit the salt flat dessert. The views of this place are amazing, you can't see the horizon for salt, the reflections are blinding but you will never see anything like this! The sun was blasting down and we stopped for pictures and to take in where we were. From there we headed to Incahuasi, an island in the middle of the salt flat. It ... read more

Already in Peru, 2 weeks later I Am really behind. With Tova gone i´ll try to put things right... So we're talking +/- 1-3 to 5-3 2009. From here on it´s going to be a couple of weeks with Tova, which is now already back to Tel Aviv. For me it will be mostly places i´ve been to 4 years ago, when first visited Peru and Bolivia. But this did not make it less beautiful. So after San Pedro it was time for Bolivia, the lakes and the big salt lake, Salar de Uyuni. Altitude: 4900 meter to 3600. The big news, which was not allowed to be published, was Tova fainting, very much because of the height. This happened right after visiting some lakes, and getting to the bubbling geizers. Tova already felt week for ... read more

fotos van onze 4 daagse trip in Bolivie Photos of our 4-day trip into Bolivia... read more

Bolivia has been a total blast from start to finish. After leaving Copacabana we went to La Paz to meet up with our group. Everyone is really nice, the group includes brits, Americans, canadians, french canadians and south americans. La Paz was manic but in a great way. We walked about town and visited the witches market where you could pick up potions, charms and even llama foetuses. obviously we bought dozens! They are buried under new homes for good luck. and after leaving there we went to Cochabamba. There wasn´t much to do there but it was carnival time so went spent the three days there being pelted with water balloons left right and centre. They must get extra points for getting gringos! When dry, we spent the rest of our time drinking Bolivian red ... read more