When we joined this part of south america called The Gringo Trail, I wasn't sure why there would be so many tourists in this part of the continent. I can now understand why. It is incredible to have so many amazing places in such a small area. Today is no different as we go on another incredible site called Salt Flats near Uyuni. This "dry lake" used to be filled with salted water. First, earth movements encircled water into a lake. Then, volcanic eruption dried the water and left an astonishing 12000km2 of salted flat. I have seen hundred and one photos of the place but being there was really special. After spending some time around old trains, we drove for a bit and finished with a 30m walk to Pescado Island. After having lunch contemplating this out of this world scenery, we got to a completely deserted area to take as many "perspective free" photos as we could. On the way back, we stopped by an hotel made of salt bricks to enjoy the sunset set on one side and the moonrise on the other...
En route to Tupiza...
And now for our last stop in Bolivia, we are spending a day in Tupiza. It is known for great canyons made of strange rock formations. As most of us, I got a bit lazy and didn't go for what they call triathlon which is a whole day trip combination of jeep, cycling and horse ridding. Instead, I decided to go for a walk with 3 of the girls. Despite a very approximate map and getting olst as a result, we managed to see few very impressive gorges and ended up being out for 5 hours. On our return, we had lunch in what looked more like someone courtyard. interesting!
It is then goodbye to Bolivia. It was a really great country to visit. And for the zillion time, here we are, back to where everything started: Argentina.
Before getting to Buenos Aires, we stop in an Hacienda for a couple of days. A great time as we have no internet and access to electricity is very limited. Also because there is no town, we get the chance to spend some time altogether before we say goodbye to half the group in BA. So it is 2 days of walks, horse ridding, games and a lot of barbecue!
On route to Buenos Aires, we had our last camping night so we had a fire and marshmallows. Steve and Karen had a nice word for each of us!
En route to Buenos Aires, last sunrise (not my best photo to date).
Next stop, Uruguay...
holly shmutz ! ! some of your pix are terrific François ! ! !
ReplyDeleteI love them ! ! !
I love the one with the umbrella
and the one where it seems you are holding 2 people in your forearm made me burst with laugh, you seem to have a little red penis
your jump is fab ! !
great shots !
keep enjoying ! !
:o)
pia