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salt flats

Friday, November 30th, 2007

i took the over night/12 hour bus from la paz to uyuni for a salt flat tour. just off the bus i met some austrailians to tour with. signed up for the three day south-west tour of bolivia.

i saw a train graveyard,
Train Cemetery

the worlds highest salt flat/dried up salt lake,
Salt Flats

a desert island in the salt flat,
Salt Island

an algae cave in the desert,
Algae Cave

a random volcanic rock formations,
Volcanic Rock

including the rock tree,
Rock Tree

flamingo lake,
Flamingo

red lagoon,
Red Lagoon

geysers,
Gysers

hot springs (with ice puddles around it),
green lagoon,
Green Lagoon

and more random rock formations.
Random

i spent two nights in the freezing cold desert.

returned back to la paz on an overnight bus.

i have never been in a place were the terrain can change every 5 minutes. solid rock, sand, dirt, salt, oasis.