The Salt Times
Trip Start
Sep 30, 2006
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Trip End
Dec 24, 2008
Uyuni,
Bolivia
Friday, March 16, 2007
Salt salt salt
the salt sky plains
We drove out for a day trip, us, an Israeli couple and 2 Japanese guys all in Toyota pickup. This time of the year the salt flat becomes flooded with the rains, about 10cm of water cover the salt which remains in its normal crusty formation below the water.
The layer of water means that everything around you becomes a mirror image, and as everything around you consists of the white clouds and the blue sky, there is nothing but clouds and sky above you and clouds and sky below you leaving you with a strange flying sensation.
flying on land
Handy
harvesting the white stuff
black and white salt
Our first stop was to visit the salt market where the ladies sell products carved out of blocks of salt, everything from ashtrays to sofas were for sale. Then its off into the salt plains to visit the salt hotel, walls, floors, beds all carved and constructed out of salt blocks, very strange. We drove on to fish island in the middle of the plains to have lunch and take silly picture in the alien landscape.
trying the long jump
airborne in the great white nothingness
cartwheeling kat
cartwheeling kat 2
Taking the train to La Paz tonight and planning on trying out some mountain climbing.
Cooper Out
Love Dan & Kat
Comments
Fantastic photos
AMAZING, TOTALLY AWESOME PICS, they must be some of the most unusual pictures of this earth that i have ever seen .. and to think you have been part of that bit of the world that looks completely insane and beautiful at the same time. What an incredible experience. Lots of love Mumxx
COOL!!!!!!
that looks absolutley amazing!!! national geographic eat your heart out!!! with the background all white it looks like some kinda weird dream/acid trip out!!
hope everything else on ur trip looks even half as amazing as this. jake xx