Four am came quickly. David informed us that it was -7 degrees celsius outside. We all packed up and dressed quickly…most of us wearing the same clothes we wore the day before (and some of us to bed) , except we wore our bathing suits underneath. After having a basic breakfast of hot drinks and bread we loaded the jeeps and headed out into the darkness. Dawn broke as …
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 …