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Blinded By The Light
A Travel Blog entry by rush from Salar De Uyuni, Bolivia
... , return it to their corresponding firm in Pulcayo. A short distance deeper into the blinding light is the Salar's first hotel (Playa Blanca) made entirely from salt. The blocks are very easily come by as explained that in some areas of the flats the ...
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South America, proper!
A Travel Blog entry by ezthalia from Uyuni, Bolivia
... we saw the most spectacular scenery, visiting the world´s highest salt flat (formed by a pre-historic salt lake) that blankets 12000sqkms; the hotel Playa Blanca, a famous salt hotel; the Isla de los Pescadores, an island in the middle of the slat plains ...
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From Coloured Lagoons to the Largest Salt Flats
A Travel Blog entry by dhruve_anjli from Tupiza, Bolivia
... meals on the trip was unappetizing to say the least. After lunch we piled into the jeeps, speeding off over the flats towards another salt hotel 'Playa Blanca'. The ex-hotel which now just operates as a souvenir shop, restaurant and museum was a bit of a ...
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Hola! from the highest cybercafe in the ...
A Travel Blog entry by jamjamdave from Potosi, Bolivia
... last stop of the trip only to see some buildings looming in the distance. In the middle of the lake is the Hotel Playa Blanca - constructed from salt - which once you step inside is like standing in an ice palace! The design of these places was pretty ...
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Salt Flats tour - Day 1
A Travel Blog entry by lasondra from Salar de Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia
... desert to 'die'. Most were about 80 years old (and looked every day of it). Back into our Toyota Land Cruiser to Playa Blanca (White Beach) for the museum and gift shopping. I didn't see any signs of water, so not sure why it was called ...
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Salt flats, lagoons, flamingos and drunken drivers
A Travel Blog entry by claireandrob from Uyuni, Bolivia
... are going to sell it and make loads of money! Luckily the guy was calm and Rob returned unharmed. We then headed to the Playa Blanca Salt hotel, which used to be the only salt hotel on the salt flats but has since been closed down because it was actually ...
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Salt Flat Tour
A Travel Blog entry by lizandkev from Salar de Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia
... to see the area mined by the villagers in Colchani so we could see how they do it and then we went to the Playa Blanca hotel - the first and only salt hotel inside the flats. To be honest it's pretty rundown and unattractive compared to our ...
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Day 14 - Salar de Uyuni to Uyuni
A Travel Blog entry by petrm from Uyuni, Bolivia
... ostrova je krásný výhled na nekonečný salar . Po přestávce obracíme na východ a míříme přes Hotel de Sal Playa Blanca ke Colchani. Tentokrát není vidět zádná pevnina kolem salaru vůbec, dzíp jede konstantní rychlostí a je dost ...
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A salty sunrise and dead trains in Uyuni
A Travel Blog entry by ristohannah from Uyuni, Bolivia
... have spent several more happy hours clicking away, however time was a-ticking and next on the itinerary was a visit to the 'Playa Blanca' Hotel de Sal. There are several salt hotels around the salar, including the one we stayed in, however they are all ...
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(Lack of) rubber, salt and arsenic!
A Travel Blog entry by jamiestravels from Uyuni, Bolivia
... small as you move away from the camera! After ten minutes or so it was time to head on. We were driven to the Playa Blanca, a salt hotel in the middle of the flat. This place is known to be rather ecologically horrible - they just dump their rubbish and ...
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6 people, 1 Jeep and 3 days of tough traveling
A Travel Blog entry by jamesmc from Uyuni, Bolivia
... . After taking a lot of amusing and crazy photos on the salt flats we headed for a Salt Museum at the Playa Blanca hotel, where there was some exhibitions of statues and clocks made of salt. The whole building was again made entirely ...
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4 flats in 3 days
A Travel Blog entry by alexndean from Uyuni, Bolivia
... and town no longer within walking distance! Our second flat was what we came to see the Salt Flats, the first stop being the Playa Blanca Salt Hotel for lunch, it is literally a hotel made of salt, very appropriate. While our lunch was been made (by the ...
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South Western Circuit
A Travel Blog entry by sarahjames from Tupiza, Bolivia
After organising the trip into Bolivia we headed the next morning on another bus journey to Bolivia. The bus was supposed to take 7hrs to the border but after a truck jack-knifed in the road and we were stationary for 2hrs, another change of bus, we ...
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Uyuni
A Travel Blog entry by jag from Uyuni, Bolivia
... and we were off again. It had been an ordeal but we had escaped with our lives. The next stop after this was the ' Hotel de Sal, Playa Blanca' a hotel made entirly out of salt. We snack in to have a peek before being asked to buy something or leave. So we ...
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Bolivië - Salar de Uyuni
A Travel Blog entry by pekingeend from Uyuni, Bolivia
... zien. Ik heb er een aantal meegenomen. Hopelijk overleven ze het! Verder zijn we naar een zouthotel gegaan, dat Playa Blanca heette. Heel het hotel is gemaakt van zout. Ze hadden zelfs een improvisoir zwembad voor de deur. Speciaal gemaakt voor de ...

