From La Paz, we took an overnight bus south to Uyuni, a middle of nowhere town which is the gate way to Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flats at over 4,000 square miles. After the 13 hour ride in what felt like being in an old shoebox (with no ventilation and some very smelly neighbors), we stumbled off the bus and negotiated a tour of the salt flats. The 3 day tour took us through the salt flats and Bolivian desert south to San Pedro de Atacama, in the desert of northern Chile. The highlights of the trip were driving through endless miles of salt, taking funny pictures in the salt formations, seeing several varieties of flamingos in multi-colored lagoons, sleeping in a hotel made out of salt, seeing strange rock formations carved by the strong desert winds, and hanging out with hundreds of llamas.
Playing around in the SalarA lake reflecting the surrounding mountains
