Tuesday 28 October 2008

Salt Flat Excursion - Day 2

Everyone had to be out or 7am this morning - but I don't think the drivers were told!! After leaving Bella Vista we headed to the Solar de Chiguana. It was a really windy day so it helped everyones sunburn.

From here, we headed some more kms to see the Ollague Volcano - well, we saw it from a distance - that and Chile! It's strange that one minute the mountains are Bolivian and the next Chilean.

At lunch where we stopped to see flamingos, we drove through the desert of Siloli and saw a rock which has been shaped by the wind into a tree among lots of other cool formations.

Mid afternoon saw us reach our stop for the night - the Laguna Colorada. The wind was so strong that we couldn't really go outside as it was freezing. The laguna is impressive - red in colour and vast, but our accommodation is the opposite. No running water and nothing more that a hostel. But when were leave at 4:30am, I don't think that many would be having showers!!!!

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