In the last four days, I have seen some of the most beautiful sights located in a teeny, tiny corner of the world: red lagoons, green lagoons, cacti, geysers, volcanoes, ghost towns, petrified rock formations, llamas, vicuñas, desert, thermal baths, flamingos, snow-capped mountains, chincillas and THE SALT FLATS! A lot of time in the car and too much wind but it was definitely worth it! Our guide Fidel and cook Carmen were amazing and I will definitely miss them!!
We slept at 4800m, got altitude sickness, appreciated the night sky and I got my hair cut by an awesome Scottish backpacker last night before I went to sleep.
Today at the Salar de Uyuni, the world´s largest salt flats, I sat on top of our jeep as it drove through the seemingly endless white expanse. We took great pictures and have checked into the only hotel in Uyuni that has heat. We are cold and wet and ready to have a good night´s sleep at a normal altitude. We had a great addition to our group on the four-day trip: a cool Aussie named Tim (El Menscho Magico) who brought humor and rock-climbing knowledge to the group, among many other things.
We are celebrating the 4th of July in style by heading to the local pizza restaurant that is run by an Amherst alum- no joke!
Our plan is to head to Potosi but we are not sure if we are going to be able to leave this dingy, cold and run-down tourist town because it is snowing and the buses are not running. Hmmm....
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