September 4, 2013 - Uyuni Salt Flats, Bolivia, Day 2
Eggs and bread for breakfast around 7am. We loaded up the car and headed out shortly after.
Vicunas! A small relative of the Alpaca and Llama.
Our first stop was in a little village. The only thing we bought here was a 25B bottle of wine to have with dinner tonight. Thats about 3bucks folks!
Shortly after that was our first lagoon. The lagoons are shallow and provide homes for thousands of flamingos in the warmer months. The view was spectactular. The water perfectly reflected the mountains in the background and flamingos meandered through the shallows scooping up algae food.
This also served as our lunch stop. We gathered around the back of the truck and had a meal of chicken, noodles, veggies, and coke. For being in the absolute middle of nowhere we are getting some quality and tasty meals.
We had some free time to walk around the lagoon.
The next stops where another lagoon with flamingos:
The desert of nothing:
The arbol de piedra (rock tree):
Then the highlight of the day, the Red Lagoon:
Its the algae in the water that gives it its color. The more the wind blows the more it stirs up the algae and the more vibrant the color. We caught it on a rather windy day!
Then it was to the hostel for the night. This night we were the only group staying so we had the whole place to ourselves. Once we got settled in we were served cookies with tea and coffee. Then soon after was dinner of soup and spaghetti. They also included a bottle of wine. We devoured the foods then the 6 of us played cards and finished the wine. We played a German game called MaoMao....very much like Uno. We played until just after 8 and then headed to bed. You may laugh that thats realllly early but they turned off the generator at 8:30 and its hard to do anything without any light. PLUS we are supposed to be on the road by 5:30 in the morning.
Eggs and bread for breakfast around 7am. We loaded up the car and headed out shortly after.
Vicunas! A small relative of the Alpaca and Llama.
Our first stop was in a little village. The only thing we bought here was a 25B bottle of wine to have with dinner tonight. Thats about 3bucks folks!
Shortly after that was our first lagoon. The lagoons are shallow and provide homes for thousands of flamingos in the warmer months. The view was spectactular. The water perfectly reflected the mountains in the background and flamingos meandered through the shallows scooping up algae food.
This also served as our lunch stop. We gathered around the back of the truck and had a meal of chicken, noodles, veggies, and coke. For being in the absolute middle of nowhere we are getting some quality and tasty meals.
We had some free time to walk around the lagoon.
The next stops where another lagoon with flamingos:
The desert of nothing:
The arbol de piedra (rock tree):
Then the highlight of the day, the Red Lagoon:
Its the algae in the water that gives it its color. The more the wind blows the more it stirs up the algae and the more vibrant the color. We caught it on a rather windy day!
Then it was to the hostel for the night. This night we were the only group staying so we had the whole place to ourselves. Once we got settled in we were served cookies with tea and coffee. Then soon after was dinner of soup and spaghetti. They also included a bottle of wine. We devoured the foods then the 6 of us played cards and finished the wine. We played a German game called MaoMao....very much like Uno. We played until just after 8 and then headed to bed. You may laugh that thats realllly early but they turned off the generator at 8:30 and its hard to do anything without any light. PLUS we are supposed to be on the road by 5:30 in the morning.
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