- Magical sunrise in the flooded Salar de Uyuni
- Breakfast in the salt museum in the middle of the salt lake
- Try trick photos in the dimensionless salt surface
- Stop at the craft market
- End of the three day tour in the early afternoon in Uyuni
- 5-hour bus ride to Potosi
Much more relaxed than the day before, we set off at 5 a.m. in the direction of Salar de Uyuni. The largest salt lake in the world (10 582 km2) has - depending on the season - water in certain regions. This also means that we cannot reach the wonderful Isla Incahuasi. Even the first twilight is enough to illuminate the seemingly endless salt surface in shades of blue. We drive out into the plain and just stop at a shallow one 2-3 cm deep point. In slippers or, like we do in hiking boots, we plunge into the cold water to get that truly unique natural spectacle to enjoy.
The smooth surface acts like a huge mirror and makes the scenery seem downright supernatural. Unfortunately, only a few rays of sunshine pass the cloud cover, but they make for a dawn, which simply leaves everyone here speechless.
We're going to Dakar Rally Monument and the Salt Museum both naturally built from pure salt. Breakfast is waiting for us there and we have to use the disgusting and expensive toilets.
Then we drive a little further into this one dry salt surface out. The ground is divided into hexagonal blocks of salt. Funny things can be done in the seemingly endless space Trick photos make size and distance disappear.
At the end of the tour we go to one Craft marketwhere all sorts of souvenirs can be bought. We try a tasty llama, potato and corn stew at an old Indian woman.
Then we go back to Uyuniwhere the time has come to say goodbye to the other tour participants. Since Uyuni is not at all inviting as a place, we went for it direct onward journey to Potosi determined. We just have time to have a beer with Laura, Michael and Thomas before our bus leaves. With the sluggish WIFI connection of the restaurant, we book a hostel for the next two nights.
The buses in Bolivia are much simpler, older, but also cheaper in our previous travel countries. The bus also offers a toilet during the 5-hour journey and disco music comes out of the speakers.
In the evening we arrive in the mining town of Potosi and let a taxi chauffeur us to the hotel. The Price level in Bolivia is remarkable: For an overnight stay in a double room and dinner for two we pay around 15 CHF each, the taxi ride does not cost 2 CHF!
