We had already traveled more than 300 km inside Bolivia and we continued to see a lot of interesting things. Without a doubt, when we arrived at Uyuni, the salt flat took all our amazement, but there were still some things to do in the surroundings of this city. Our trip was being a bit relaxed, so we took advantage of our stay there to get the car in order, fill up with gas, buy some provisions for the following days, and before continuing on the road, we made a stop at the famous local train cemetery 😃.
Ya habíamos recorrido más de 300 km dentro de Bolivia y continuábamos viendo un montón de cosas interesantes. Sin dudas, cuando llegamos a Uyuni, el salar tomó todo nuestro asombro, pero todavía quedaban algunas cosas para hacer en los alrededores de esta ciudad. Nuestro viaje estaba siendo un poco relajado, así que aprovechamos nuestra estadía ahí para poner en condiciones el autito, cargar nafta, comprar algunas provisiones para los siguientes días, y antes de continuar el camino, hicimos una parada en el famoso cementerio de trenes local 😃.
After spending two days in the salt flats, exploring as much of it as we could, Guest M's car was completely covered in salt. According to the recommendations we had read, this is very bad for the car since this material can be very corrosive. That is why when we returned from there we had to spend the remaining half of the afternoon at a car wash, waiting for the car to be washed. The next morning, when everything was shiny, the trip continued 😃.
Después de haber estado dos días en el salar recorriendo todo lo que pudimos dentro de él, el autito de Huésped M quedó completamente cubierto de sal. Según las recomendaciones que habíamos leído, esto es muy malo para el auto ya que este material puede ser muy corrosivo. Fue por ello que cuando volvimos de ahí tuvimos que tomarnos la mitad restante de la tarde en un lavadero, esperando que lavaran el auto. A la mañana siguiente y cuando todo estaba reluciente, continuó el paseo 😃.
At the hostel we were staying at, we met a girl, another solo traveller from Paris, who asked us if she could join us for a few days and of course we said yes. We were now a small group of three, which made the trip more fun. Before leaving Uyuni for good, we stopped by to visit the train cemetery, which was just 3 kilometres from the city centre. This place was already on the outskirts, in a rather deserted place but where this scrap yard was set up 😃.
En el hostel en el que estábamos hospedados conocimos a una chica, otra viajera de Paris que estaba viajando sola y nos preguntó si podía unirse a nosotros durante algunos días y por supuesto le dijimos que sí. Ahora eramos un pequeño grupo de tres, lo que hacía más divertido el paseo. Antes de abandonar Uyuni definitivamente, pasamos a visitar el cementerio de trenes que quedaba a solo 3 kilómetros del centro de la ciudad. Este lugar ya quedaba en las afueras, en un lugar bastante descampado pero en donde estaba montado este depósito de chatarra 😃.
According to history, these were the first trains to arrive in Uyuni from Antofagasta in Chile, with the idea of serving as a transport of minerals in 1889. However, some forty years later these trains began to operate as passenger transport for the war, which contributed to their progressive deterioration. Some of the broken trains were brought to this place to await repairs that never came and finally they were abandoned in this place, until the passage of time left them as they are now 🙃.
Según la historia, estos eran los primeros trenes que llegaron a Uyuni desde Antofagasta en Chile, con la idea de servir como transporte de minerales en el año 1889. Sin embargo, unos cuarenta años después estos trenes empezaron a funcionar como transporte de pasajeros para la guerra, lo que contriubuyó a su deterioro progresivo. Algunos de los trenes rotos eran traídos hasta este lugar a la espera de arreglos que nunca llegaron y finalmente quedaron abandonados en este lugar, hasta que el paso del tiempo los dejó como se ven ahora 🙃.
There are a lot of abandoned trains here, still in their original form but many of them are very broken. The fun part is that, at your own risk, you can climb on them and explore them more closely. Climbing on these rusty pieces was interesting, but you had to be careful not to fall or hurt yourself. I had insurance to be in the neighboring country, but I didn't want to have to use it either 😂.
En este lugar hay un montón de trenes abandonados, aún con su forma entera pero muchos de ellos estan demasiado rotos. Lo divertido es que, bajo tu propio riesgo, te puedes subir a ellos y explorarlos más de cerca. Treparse a estas piezas oxidadas era curioso, pero había que hacerlo con cuidado de no caerse o lastimarse. Yo tenía seguro para estar en el país vecino, pero tampoco quería tener que usarlo 😂.
In addition to seeing some pieces of old trains broken on purpose, you can also find many of them with various graffiti. This street art makes the place even more picturesque, generating a mix of feelings of nostalgia but also fascination for being in such a particular place. I even think that the rusty stuff matches the arid landscape of Bolivia, don't you think? 😃
Además de verse algunas piezas de antiguos trenes rotas a propósito, también se pueden encontrar muchas de ellas con diversos grafitis. Este arte callejero vuelve aún más pintoresco el lugar, que te genera una mezcla de sentimientos de nostalgia pero de fascinación por estar en un lugar tan particular. Incluso pienso que lo oxidado hasta combina con el paisaje árido de Bolivia, ¿no les parece? 😃
I don't know how many kilometers in total are covered by these scraps, but as you walked you found more and more of them. They also say that this place is a good spot to come and visit at night, because being far from the city center, the stars look amazing. Our itinerary for the day didn't include spending another night in Uyuni so we missed this, but I liked having visited it during the day and with beautiful sunny weather, where we could really appreciate all the details 😃.
No sé cuantos kilómetros en total estan cubiertos por estas chatarras, pero a medida que ibas caminando te encontrabas con más y más de ellas. También dicen que este lugar es un buen punto para venir a visitarlo de noche, porque al estar retirado del centro de la ciudad, las estrellas se ven increíbles. Nuestro itinerario del día no incluía volver a pasar una noche en Uyuni así que nos perdimos esto, pero me gustó haberlo visitado de día y con un clima soleado hermoso, en donde pudimos apreciar bien todos los detalles 😃.
My personal mark. / Mi marca personal.
In addition to seeing the abandoned trains, near this cemetery you can find an exhibition of sculptures made from scrap metal and other metal elements. These figures are incredibly large and full of details that demonstrate the artist's skill. It is worth going to take a look at these works and since there is no charge to visit the train museum, take the opportunity to leave a small tip for this ingenious sculptor 😃.
Además de ver los trenes abandonados, en las cercanías de este cementerio puede encontrarse una muestra de esculturas hechas con chatarras y otros elementos metálicos. Estas figuras tienen unos tamaños increíbles y estan llenas de detalles que demuestran la habilidad del artista. Vale la pena acercarse a echar un vistazo a estas obras y ya que no hay que pagar nada para visitar el museo de trenes, aprovechar para dejar una pequeña propina a este escultor ingenioso 😃.
Visiting Uyuni, the salt flats and the train cemetery was a good stop on our trip in Bolivia. I was glad to have visited the only tourist spot I had heard about before this trip, and also to have been able to do a little more. It was still early and we had a lot of day ahead of us, but we had already taken advantage of the morning to walk around a bit in this place that we definitely couldn't miss. And I was beginning to get curious about what other new things we would find along the way 😃.
Visitar Uyuni, el salar y el cementerio de trenes fue una buena parada dentro de nuestro viaje en Bolivia. Me alegré por haber conocido el único punto turístico del que había escuchado mencionar antes de este paseo, y también por haber podido hacer un poco más. Todavía era temprano y teníamos mucho día por delante, pero ya habíamos aprovechado la mañana para caminar un poco en este lugar que definitivamente no podíamos perdernos. Y empezaba la curiosidad por ver qué otras cosas nuevas nos encontrábamos en el camino 😃.
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Que buen viaje! Me quedé con ganas de conocer más de Bolivia! Ojalá algún día pueda volver! Felices rutas!
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Visiting the salt flat has definitely been a great experience, and it makes sense that they recommended washing the entire car to remove the salt from the components since it is very corrosive. Great that they did it.
What a great story there is in relation to these old dismantled trains that are in the cemetery, wonderful that they have deposited them there for all their history
I loved the different works they have created with the scrap metal, a great way to reuse them
Beautiful photographs dear friend @lauramica I appreciate that you have shared another beautiful adventure of the trip
Have a lovely afternoon
I feel like I'm mad max seeing your photos or in a stream punk abandoned world, so cool !!
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Que satisfacción poder visitar el famoso salar de Uyuni. Me imagino que debe haber sales de litio allí.
Son muchos trenes para ver, los grafitis me gustaron por sus lindos colores, definitivamente mi parte favorita son las esculturas, el artista hizo un gran trrabajo aprovechando las chatarras.
Que tengas una excelente semana!
Wow, what an amazing trip, sis. The iron train cars are clearly visible. The beauty of the place is very entertaining, isn't it, sis ❤️
Thank you for sharing them.These images of desolation are shocking, @lauramica
Muy interesante tu publicación. Gracias
more like skeletal train cementry. the place is vast. those trains looks like 100 years old. but is the area safe and secure at night just incase you guys go with the viewing of the stars