Playing with perspective at the white desert of Uyuni Salt Flats (Bolivia)

in #travel8 years ago

The world’s largest salt flat is Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. I traveled there a few years ago. It was a really nice trip i made it with my boyfriend, my dad, my brother and one of my best friends. Bolivia has beautiful landscapes but it is a little bit hard to travel because of the lack of customer service. Anyway it is a beautiful country and I enjoyed the trip.

Playing with perspective

Salar de Uyuni is one of the best places for playing with perspective. Everybody wants to get a funny pic.
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That's me trying to step on my brother and my dad. I wanted to take more funny pics but it was not enough time.

Just Playing

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The only people who can extract the salt are the miners of the Colchani cooperative (a local cooperative). They mould the salt into piles and let it dry.
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Incahuasi Island and the giant cactus

In the salt flats there is live. The rock island called Incahuasi is full of cactus. The view is unique.
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I've never seen cactus as big and thick
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A hotel made of salt

We spent the night at a small hotel made completely of salt, even the bed.
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Our room. There are no private bathroom and you have to pay a extra fee for hot water.

All the pictures were taken by my boyfriend.

Bolivia and Salar de Uyuni surprise in many ways. I loved their wild landscapes but sometimes i felt that traveling in Bolivia was a little hard because there is a lot of informality, more than in Peru. Anyway it is worth to visit and I hope you have Bolivia in your list.

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Fascinating!
Extra fee for hot water - we take some things for granted. But is not like this everywhere! Makes me appreciate what I have.

Yes, I was also surprised the extra fee for hot water but it is necessary because it is cold at night and at dawn.

great pictures. i bet that desert is great for racing. love the picture of the woman jumping in the air. thank you for your post.

Thanks for reading it. You are right. Salar de Uyuni is part of Dakar Route. That woman is me :)

Wonderful photographs! I'd often seen the standard salt flat photos but had never seen Incahuasi Island in contrast until now. Very cool.

Thanks! The cacti turn the landscape into a rare but beautiful place