San Pedro to Uyuni – 3 days trip

Finally I am able to write another Blog-Entry.

We have been 3 days in the desert in Bolivia. It was amazing…. we have seen so many things, have experienced a lot, felt the attitude and were freezing.

Well the first day was quite easy. We drove up the hill, where the custom to bolivia is located. There we were waiting for our 4wrd drive with a driver, who unfortunately couldnt speak a work in English) However, we had a nice group with a japanese couple and a girl from the States who lives in Costa Rica. The trip begun with two differnet lagunas with some flamingos. Afterwards we went bathing in a very hot spring. Loooovely….. it was so cozy, because I also have to mention that up there it was quite cold and veery windy. After seeing the Gesiers we already drove to the Laguna Colerado, where we had lunch and settled for the next night.
The afternoon we spent on walking along the Laguna Colerado. Its very red and had tons of flamingos. It was a beautiful but hard walk. Especially back was exhausting because there was a strong wind against us. We really caught our limits (and unfortunately we didnt even bring water and didnt know how far it was)
the night was rather cold and we were luckily when we got up again – it was so fucking freezing and we were not used to the 4400 meters above sealevel.

The second day was not that spectacular. we saw the trees which are made out of stone… went to another laguna and drove a lot through the desert. we saw some animals and we took a lot of picturers also in front of different vulcanos. The night we stay in a Hotel de Sal. It was made out of sal, very special, and it wasnt that cold anymore. For dinner we had a soup and we ate lamas (the guide told us that afterwards) However, we got to bed quite early because the next day we had to get up at 4.30 for the sunrise.

The sunrise was amazing. it was just nothing else beside desert, clouds, our jeep and the sun s coming up. Lovely… but fucking freezing again. The Breakfast we had on the Isla de Pescado, named after the form whos like a fish. The hills had lots of Cactus on it and i went for a little hike. Really needed a tea of Coca afterwards. I reckon this really helps to accustom to the altitude.

Afterwards we finally reach the Salar Uyuni. We took millions of pictures, while the other didnt really enjoy it there. We took pictures with our toy FAT BOB, which we got from the last group. Nini and me had fun, but i am still a bit disappointed of the fotos. however… have a look on my picasa album again.

Despues, we drove all the way to Uyuni, passed some Lagunas and an active vulcano… it was a beautiful scenery. We finally arrived at the Cementery of the Trains – this was the last stop. It was quite fun to climb up the Trains and took photos.

It was really a awesome tour – if you ever go to South America – this is a must-see and must-do.