Blogs from Salar de Uyuni, Potosí Department, Bolivia, South America - page 52

Time for a bit of a catch up folks. Sory for the wait..... ---------------------------------------------- Day Two Having slept for almost 12 hours solid, I was the first person to wake up on the second day of our salt plains trip and the most amazing dawn awaited me. I stood on the porch of the salt hostel and watched as the sun broke over the endless horizon and illuminated the sky in burnished shades of red and orange. It was really lovely and so peaceful too. Both Glynn and I felt a lot better for our marathon sleep but still couldn't face any food so skipped breakfast. By 8am, and an hour behind schedule, the whole group was packed up and back in the jeep ready for another day's adventures. We sped across the desert floor ... read more

We crossed the Chilean-Bolivian border to begin the Salt Flats tour. We travelled in convoy wih one other Jeep. Myself, Lorraine, Helen and Anna & Paul went in one of the jeeps and then a group consisting of a french woman, an Englis lad, 2 Kiwis and and a welsh girl were in the other. The first part of the trip was to bathe in thermal springs whic unfortunately we were unable to do because we though that that was for day 2. We then visited Lago Colorado which was beautiful. The first night was spent in basic accomodation and it must have been about -5 to -10 outside. We then got up bright and early the following morning to head to visit some other sights along the way to our second nights lodgings in ... read more

After the most awful bus journey so far we hit Uyuni!! Imagine a 12 hour bus journey with no toilet, two stops and bad guts - yep painful!! Luckily we met some nice people on the bus journey to join to go and do a tour with as you need at least six in a jeep so we were all sorted in that respect and then also luckily I was introduced to some magic pills that finally made my stomach better...some magic pink antibiotic pills that you can just buy over the counter for 1 boliviano (12p!!!). DAY 1 When our Toyota Land Cruiser rocked up I nearly fell over....it looked like the oldest truck in the whole town and even had a very well suited eagle on the side....straight out of Harley Davidson I ... read more

Day 3 The Plains South America » Bolivia » Uyuni » Salar de Uyuni By nialljenkinsApril 18th 2007 Day 3 was an early start at 5am but was defintely the best day. We drove for an hour in the dark and caught the sunrise which was spectactular. Then we arrived at geysers at 4800mtrs and these were really cool. The smell was horrible though(smelled like graham). The noise was the coolest part,just a constant roar as the steam comes out of the ground. Next up was some really hot pools which were roasting in the freezing tempatures at 5000 mtrs. Great jumping in to wake us up. After that we headed on for dese... read more

Het wordt een fotoshow deze keer, want hoe kun je toch uitleggen dat je zoveel hebt gezien dat mooi mooi mooi is en iedere keer weer zo verschillend. 42 foto´s zullen het werk moeten doen en ik denk dat dat wel zal lukken. In alle vroegte stonden Paul, Ale en ik weer op in San Pedro de Atacama. Deze keer niet zo vroeg als toen we geisers gingen kijken maar toch..... Uitslapen is mijn ding. Met een transferbusje gingen we naar de grens van Bolivia. Om het kwartier werd de bus stilgezet anders raakte hij overhit. We zaten in het busje met, op het eerste gezicht, 7 coole mensen en 4 Israelische meiden. Twee toffe meiden uit Brazilië, Georgia en Stella, werden helaas zowel voor hen als voor mij bij de Israeliërs ingedeeld. Maar liever zij ... read more