Entries from 'uyuni'

Day 297

Last night I discovered something else which I had never really given any thought (after yesterdays cacti epiphany). Static electricity produces clearly visible sparks! Almost everything in the salt hotel was made of salt, which meant the salt bed had a sheet of plastic between the salt bed frame and the mattress. Salt carries an…

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Day 296

Uyuni Salt Flats, the largest salt flats in the world! Our 3 day salt flat tour began with a quick stopover in the train graveyard that we had already visited yesterday evening, however now the guide was able to explain the history behind the graveyard. The trains were built by the British and bought by…

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