Erin & Regan's South American Adventure
Salar de Uyuni tour - Day 3
Hola,
Day 3 began with a short drive to Laguna Colorado, the red lake. The red colour is caused by millions of tiny plankton like creatures upon which 3 varieties of flamingo feed.
From there we drove to the Arbol de Piedra (rock tree). It´s surrounded by other rocks but none have it´s unique shape. Included a photo of a nearby volcano.
From there to another laguna, one of 4. We stopped here for lunch and it was here that we got the best shot of a flamingo yet. They did not seem as prone to flee at the sight of tourists here.
After lunch we saw more of the countryside and the volcanoes in the area as we headed to the smaller "salt hotel", this one is situated on the edge of the Salar de Uyuni itself.
Our accomodation, the floors and beds are made of salt.
The accomodation is situated in a small town. As usual they have a church. What we found interesting is that they use power saving bulbs to light the streets! (and the houses of course, when they´re not using fire and candles).
Sunset on day 3.
ross: wow that's a whole heap o purrty :) looks really isolated too, with xmas comin up the thought of isolation really holds some appeals... (12/20/06)