My Journey Round The World

 

This was so great… I don’t know where to start! From the beginning might be the best I’m now in Tarija and just feel like doing this tour again! So… after a difficult start – more than 1 hour waiting on my own at the travel agency without explanation! The thing I hate the most!  - The jeep finaly arrived and I met our guide Ramiro and my group mates: a family of 3 Bolivians – Juana, Deyanira and Marcelo and 2 Brazilians: Rose and Nicolau. We first visited the Cementerio de trenes few km away from Uyuni and then head to the stunning Salar… So amasing! This huge flat white space - salt desert of 12 500 km2 at 3 650 metres high where water is running under… – all around you… Even with jeeps around, you feel the immensity. This is fantastic! I just love it! Maybe also because this white reminded me of the snow I missed this year in Europe People from Uyuni and from the Salar borders are the only one allowed to operate it, however this is only exported in Bolivia and not really profitable… Again a hard work which hardly help to survive!

We stopped for lunch in the former Hotel de Sal - supposed to be closed as hotel because of hygiene problems - not really sure about that… – But I wasn’t at the end of my surprise… After lunch we arrived at the Isla Inca Huasi - often sale as Isla del Pescado! –  Again, such a stunning place… This island in the middle of this white area with… Cactus on it! Extraordinary! Absolutely sublime… Few hours drive more – this is the worse part and even more after 3 days! - we arrived at our legal Hotel de Sal in San Juan on the border of the Salar to spend the night and currently the New Year Eve!