The island Inca Huasi in the surreal Salar de Uyuni
Giant cactusses on Inca Huasi
These llamas were positively posing for me. Llamas are cool creatures.
Nicole shooting flamingos after having waded through the mud to get close.
Flamingos
Typical view of the higher (+4500m) plains, with mountains coloured by various minerals
More colourful mountains
Recognise this? The Arbro de Piedro (Tree of Stone) which Dali put in a painting
The Laguna Colorado has unreal red water with patches of white borax, a salt-like mineral
Flamingos taking off from the Laguna Colorado. You have to view this pic at full quality and size (click Download Photo) to appreciate it; when flamingos fly you can see the black undersides of their wings which creates a very nice effect.
Hot geysers emanating from scorched earth at 4900m; the gas contains a lot of sulfer.
Geyser craters
Gulls fighting for our crumbs
More incredibly coloured mountains
Volcano reflected in the Laguna Verde on the border with Chili and Argentina
Driving back through the Salvador Dali desert (as it is called because he got his colour palette here)
Our last stop was in the village San Cristobal for some shopping, but I heard music from this hall and had a look; there was a school dance going on. The girls are all dressed traditionally with pretend babies on their back, the boys (in the back) are all dressed as miners (the principal activity of the region). It casts them in role patterns but it was oh so cute.
The shadow of our jeep on the last drive back to Uyuni
