The bus journey is definitely arduous. Hour after hour of winding, dusty Bolivian roads certainly does get a little tiresome after a while.
We stop in at the railway graveyard. A mass of twisted metal in the middle of an empty plane. It could certainly be location for a Max max movie. Some of the trains must be well over 100 years old and I’m sure that some of them would be museum pieces anywhere else.
We travel further south to the Uyuni Salt Flats. The expanse of the flats is mesmerising to say the least. Parked in the middle of the flats all you can see is a flat whiteness in all directions with the odd mountain peak sticking up on the horizon. We travel to Isla Piscado or Fish Island – a small sanctuary of colour within the salt flats. The island contains giant cacti which aren’t to be found anywhere else. A unique eco-system which is a speck in a mass of salt.
Travelling further south we travel past a series of lakes which are littered with flamingos and other wildlife. Vent from nearby volcanoes excrete flumes high into the sky. This is truly a destination like nowhere else on earth! The earlier winding roads are now forgotten and the trip was definitely worth it!
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