Erin & Regan's South American Adventure
Salar de Uyuni tour - Day 1
Hola,
We weren´t too sore from our horse riding the next day and as luck would have it 2 new people had signed up, but, one person had left. So that left 4 of us. Luckily for us they agreed to let us go for US$100 each. I suspect they realised we were just going to hang around until one of the 3 main tour companies would take us for that price and so just relented.
We all piled into the 4x4, us and 2 people from France. Morgan, a photographer and musician. He makes music using recorded sounds which he mixes, filters, etc. The other Michaela (excuse the spelling) a woman who has been travelling most of her life, 58 countries and counting.
We got stuck with the back seats on the first day, and the 4x4 had some petrol leak problem around the petrol cap (I think they must have overfilled it?). The smell was not pleasant.
We didn´t see a heck of a lot on the first day, it was mostly driving. First stop Valley of the Moon.
I took a close up of a cactus, it´s a spiny bugger.
We stopped for lunch in a field of llamas. Apparently the locals each have 10 llamas, including the children. They all bring them to this fertile plain.
Some shots of the scenery.
We arrived at a small town where we were to stay the night. The local children invited us to a game of basketball and then football. It was a little difficult at altitude (4000m plus I think).
Sunset on day 1.
