Salty Shenanigans

Over the last three nights I have slept in three different countries. I spent about 20 hours in Chile, and about 6 hours at Chilean borders... But let's talk about Bolivia.

Arriving in Uyuni on Tuesday, ready to start a three day tour of the Salar de Uyuni. It turns out that there is so much more to this area than 10,000 square mile salt flat. For the first two days of the tour, the four-wheel-drives stopped every half hour or so, and there was something new and different to look at, climb on, and take very touristy pictures on. Often I don't get into the whole picture taking side of travel, but I couldn't help myself over the course of this tour, mostly because fooling around on the salt flats and other sites was so much fun.

Our first stop was unexpectedly one of the most fun. It is an old train yard which is now a train cemetery, and more to the point, just a big person playground. Made all the more exciting by the ever-present possibility of tetanus! 

What's down there Hunchback?

Dunno if that arse is gonna fit through there

I think that's meant to say fuck the police

Salar de Uyuni was the next stop. It is the biggest salt flat in the world, formed from an ancient lake having dried and leaving a layer of salt that reaches twenty meters at some points. The altitude of the salt flats doesn't vary any more than a meter over the whole 10,000 square meters, that's some flat salt!

Salty selfies

Classic

I think I've mentioned how handstands have become a thing

The Aussie flag was inaccessible, probably because of idiots like me, Chile had to suffice

Over the next two days we all stopped at various rocky playgrounds and toxic lagoons, until on the second night we arrived at a natural hot spring. It was good, until it was discovered that there was an old lady selling beer, then it was absolutely fantastic! The night was spent watching the stars and listening to people older than me nostalgically relive 80s television.

Trying my hand at Panorama

Muy frio! Y muy guapo

Hopefully you all enjoyed this gallery. over the next few days I will continue in my endeavour to cross the continent by bus, and intend to spend around 36 of the next 48 hours on buses until I can return to the beautiful beaches of Florianopolis.