We began our Salt Lake adventure in Uyuni in the middle of Bolivia at ridiculous o’clock in the morning after yet another overnight bus ride, this time from La Paz. We both must have eaten something dodgy the night before because we felt terrible and were close to blowing the trip off for the day and finding a comfortable hotel to die in. But with the help of some local medication and a hundred trips to the toilet we were ready to go.
First stop was only 10 mins out of town where lay a graveyard for abandoned steam locomotives, about 50 all in all. From there we drove onto the largest salt lake about an hour away. It was pretty majestic – flat and white for as far as the eye could see… and yes I did lick the ground, tasty! We moved onto an island in the middle of the lake that was completely covered in huge cacti, it was eerie yet beautiful. We stayed in the middle of nowhere that night but had a great time drinking cheap wine and getting to know the other 4 people in our 4x4 slightly better.
Over the next two more days we visited countless deserts, strange rock formations, geysers, active volcanoes and crazy coloured lakes. We saw eagles, chinchillas, pink flamingos and loads of other amazing wild life. All in all, this was the best tour that we had been on.
