Playa Blanca Uyuni

I am travelling around South America from Nov 2006 until sometime in 2007. I am going to be using this mostly in places where internet connections are so slow that writing a whole pile of personal emails just isn`t possible. Feel free to leave comments ...

... salar, including the one we stayed in, however they are all just around it, rather the actually on it. Apart from Playa Blanca, which was built illegally on the salar itself. Although it´s still called a hotel it´s no longer able to operate as ...

... 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 tězké udrzet ...

... je kristallen 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 ...

... 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 ...

... out across the salt flat as the sun was rising, a beautiful drive I don't think I'll forget anytime soon. The Salar de Uyuni is huge, a whopping 12,000 square kilometers(!) and being out in the middle of it was incredible, especially because now is the ...

... , 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 ...

... 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 that has loads ...

... 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 ...

... very 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 ...

... spirits. 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 ...

... you 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 ...

... salt crystals, should ensure an effective skin exfoliation process! On next to the tiny (no longer in use) Hotel de Sal Playa Blanca, constructed entirely of greyish slat blocks, save the roof, and containing tables, chairs and animals carved from salt - ...

... 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 ...

... we went 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 ...