it's a wild, cold, bright place
on the outskirts of Sucre
on the way to Potosi from Sucre
El presidente, Evo Morales, welcomed in Potosi
main square in Potosi
a street in Potosi
Cerro Rico in the distance, the rich hill where miners still work in dreary conditions, yet for themselves now
in the courtyard of our hotel in Potosi
finally on the road to Uyuni - well sort of...we got stuck in the mud and had to disembark to get the bus out
view from out hotel window in Uyuni
main square of Uyuni
first stop on the tour was the railroad graveyard
by the engines that couldn't
our first rest stop - don't ask about the “restrooms”
water springs on the Salar
on the Salar...the piles are the salt that's being harvested...it's estimated to be 30ft deep in places
a room in a salt lodge, not unlike where we stayed that night - except made of salt blocks
in the salt lodge dining room
this salt lodge is only a museum now - but there are some still in use
each year the Salar becomes a great shallow lake during the rainy season - magical hexagons appear when it dries
our lunch table at Isla Pescada
on Isla Pescada where we stopped for lunch
outside somes caves containing fossilized marine plants - a petrified cactus is in the foreground
Lydia's artsey shot of the sunset through some petrified cactus
the village where we stayed the first night
the local children came to entertain us after dinner - singing, dancing and reciting
as the others decided the next act, one would recite the colors of the Bolivian flag
outside our hostel the next morning
rock-hard moss that becomes soft with the rain
flamingos - the first flock of many we were to visit
wild vicunas - grazing!
a curious viscucha
El Arbol Piedra
it's windy at the Laguna Colorado
supper that evening with our companeros from Chile - Ray is tired
a man-made geyser
some natural volcanic action...it was actually freezing here so early in the morning
we were warned that a couple of tourists actually fell in here a few years ago, and died
hot springs with ducks in the steam enjoying the warmth
our tour group after breakfast on the last day
rock formations on the way back to Uyuni
