Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Week 6 - La Paz, Oruro, Uyuni - Bolivia, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

This week I travelled from La Paz to Uyuni via Oruro in order to do the Salar de Uyuni tour, the one must see of Bolivia.

The tour lasted 3 days and I have to say was the biggest highlight of my trip so far.  In a group of 6 people we travelled by jeep and first visited the Railway Cemetary located 3km south of Uyuni.  The trains were mostly used by mining companies but when the industry collapsed in the 1940´s the trains were left abandonned in the middle of the desert.  Our next stop was Salar de Uyuni, the world´s largest salt flat.  Due to it being wet season there was a sheet of water covering the salt which in my opinion made the overall effect breathtaking, as you can see from the photos below.  The rest of the trip was spent driving through the desert towards Chile visiting lagunas, geysers and hot springs.  Every hour the landscape would change, each completely different yet just as beautiful.  This for me was Bolivia at its best. 





Railway Cemetary - Uyuni

Railway Cemetary - Uyuni

Railway Cemetary - Uyuni

Salar de Uyuni

Salar de Uyuni

Salar de Uyuni

Salar de Uyuni












Laguna Colorado

Flamingos

Geysers

Hot Springs

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