Tuesday, February 17, 2009

SOUTHERN BOLIVIA & SALT FLATS

JAN 5 - 7

A few days after our NYE razzle, and our sad farewell to Lauren (thanks for visiting! x), we headed south to Uyuni, for a tour of the salt flats and Bolivian wilderness. Whilst spending 3 days in the back of a 4WD was slightly tedious, the tour was definitely a highlight of our trip. We passed through an everchanging landscape, from salt flats to snowy peaks, mountains and volcanic rock to desert sand as far as the eye could see.


As you can see from the pics, the road was often quite sketchy but with a large convoy of vehicles we always managed to find a path. Accomodation was very basic, but with the novelty of being in the middle of nowhere, a fun group of people, and several decks of Uno cards... we enjoyed a laugh at camp each night.




After three memorable, but long days, we were happy to see Chilean soil (or bitumen morerather), and the came to an end in San Pedro Attacama - a quirky, bubbly little town reminscent of a wild western. In fact I spent most of our time there whistling the tune from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!





Enter our new travel buddies. Luke (Aus), Shane (NZ), Kate (Eng) and Scotty (Can)... a random bunch of mates who would provide much hilarity and good times over the next few weeks


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