Refreshed from a good nights sleep, after breakfast our drivers loaded the jeeps and we headed out into the remoteness that is the Siloli Desert. I could see no one but us every direction we looked. We were driving on hard mud and clay but it was still part of the salt flats. It reminded me a bit of the area around the Grand Canyon. We passed many wild …
The day started with me dragging my suitcase, backpack and daypack on my sore ankle down the street from where our overnight bus from La Paz had dropped us all off in Uyuni at 7:45am. I was feeling kind of crabby. I had low expectations for the day…and it ended up being pure magic. Since our 2 night/3 day tour of the salt flats didn’t leave till 10:30am, we …
I needed to rest my ankle so I stayed at the hotel all day. I would from time to time go to the roof top restaurant to check out the peaceful demonstrations on the street below. From time to time they would let off fireworks. Here is John’s version of his day: I headed out in the morning to walk around the city. Our street was blocked off by …
La Paz looked so much better when everything was open and the sun was shining. Our hotel, Qantu Hotel, has a big breakfast buffet on the 9th floor with amazing views of the city. They even had fruit loops and coco puffs on offer.🙂 After breakfast we made our way to San Pedro Plaza where we met up with Redcap Walking Tours. We had two guides- Daniel and Denise- …