Wednesday, May 21, 2008

May 19, 20, 21 - Salar de Uyuni and National Reserve Eduardo Avaroa by Landrover

Day 1
Depart from Uyuni
Colchani
Isla Pescado
Overnight in San Juan

Day 2
Depart from San Juan
Ollague Volcano
Canapa, Chiar Kota, Hedionda, Ramaditas
Desert and Arbol de Piedra
Laguna Colarada
Overnight near Laguna Colarada

Day 3
Depart from Laguna Colarada
Sol de Manana (geysers)
Hot Springs
The Valley of Dali
Laguna Verde
Valley of Rocks
Return to Uyuni

We´ve just returned to Uyuni after spending three days touring the Southern Altiplano (3 days travel, 2 nights accomodation and all meals included, cost $95US). The scenery was out of this world and every day seemed completely different from the last. On Sunday it was the endless white expanse of the Salar and the giant catus plants of Isla del Pascado. On Monday we visited an active volcano and three lagunas and entered the red desert landscape that most people associate with Bolivia. Today the geothermic pools and erradic rock formations we visited made it feel like we´d travelled to Mars.

There were seven of us in the landrover - Max and Viviana from Italy, Jess and Jane from Britain, Baasje and I, and our driver, Juan, who had a very dry sense of humour and was a half decent cook to boot. We had a fine time experiencing the rustic charms of back country accomodiation in Bolivia - last night sleeping all together in one room in a pensione near Laguna Colarado without heat and only very basic toilet facilities was particarly special.

Our overnight bus back to La Paz will be leaving in a few minutes, so I´ve got to wrap it up here. I´ll post pics once we reach the city - after I take a long hot shower. Ciao for now!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I love your travel.