From La Paz to Uyuni is a relatively short 8 hour bus journey which by our standards should have been a blast. Unfortunately no one had told the Bolivian government that tourists like roads that are paved, not just mounds of dirt and large rocks to drive over. This resulted in us arriving in Uyuni for our Salt Plain tour in not the best spirits.
Still we got into our jeep for our 3 day tour with mounting excitement, especially as I had bought lots of props for amusing Salt Plain photos (beer bottles, plastic dinosaurs and silly hats.) Our driver seemed to be on a mission to beat the record for shortest tour ever so at every attraction we always seemed a bit rushed arriving at the hotels hours before anyone else. But when given lemons Maura likes to make lemonade so we spent our spare time on extra hikes back to the Salt Plains and the lagoons just to get an extra couple of photos!
The Salt Plains were fantastic and very interesting we even got to visit a cactus island and stay in a salt hotel (a bit of a gimmick if I´m entirely honest). The second day of the tour involved visiting an active volcano, seeing thousands of Flamingo´s (much to photographer Maura´s delight) and seeing some multi coloured lagoons.
The third day we got up early to visit some geysers and some hot springs. Again this was slightly rushed by our guide obviously wanting to get home to his wife! The whole experience was fun as our group got on very well again. Two Swedish girls who talked a lot about their new South American boyfriends who they were trying to import home! And a very nice Canadian couple who terrified us all with conspiracy theories about everything in existence....
Although the Salt Plains tour was slightly spoilt by a poor guide, there were some fantastic things to see and I enjoyed the sights of the Atacama desert I just would have liked to have spent longer at each highlight.
Next we went off to put a large fat man into a small hole.
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