Boon's Brazil, Peru & Bolivia Trip (Dec11-Jan12): Day 20

We took a overnight bus from La Paz to Uyuni.

Landscape.

We were quite stressed about not getting on a tour that day, as we had limited days in Bolivia.

We assumed that most tourists would get their tour package when they reached Uyuni, but we were so wrong. The tourists in our coach had already booked their tour package in advance, and were leaving for their tour on that day.

PY and myself were like running around the different tour agencies to find if there was any vacancy for us. After 2 hours of running around, we managed to gather another 4 people to form a group of 6 for 3D2N tour around Uyuni.

Quinoa as a staple food. It looks like brown rice.

In our group of 6, three of us are vegetarians (Singaporean, Argentinian, Swede from 3 different continent).

What's the odds?

SALAR DE UYUNI

"Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world's largest salt flat at 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi). It is located in the Potosíand Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, and is elevated 3,656 meters (11,995 ft) above mean sea level.^[1] The Salar was formed as a result of transformations between several prehistoric lakes. It is covered by a few meters of salt crust, which has an extraordinary flatness with the average altitude variations within one meter over the entire area of the Salar. The crust serves as a source of salt and covers a pool of brine, which is exceptionally rich in lithium. It contains 50 to 70% of the world's lithium reserves,^[2]which is in the process of being extracted. "