Jeep journey through salt

Our 3 day jeep ride from San Pedro de Atacama to Uyuni, Bolivia began at this humble office. Hola Bolivia!

Passports stamped, jeep group formed and off we went. Our jeep consisted of Javier the driver, Josh and I, the 2 Brits Joss and Anthony, the Italian flight attendant Claudio and Iludie, our lovely French girl.

The first day we passed many coloured lagoons… From the white lagoon

to the red lagoon.

Slowly but surely the altitude was rising and i reckon between our group we experienced every possible symptom of acclimatising to the high altitude. After we arrived at our hostel in the middle of nowhere, dinner was served! Soup followed by mash, salad, hotdogs and the first of many rounds of concrete-style stale bread. Mm.

After a rocky start to the morning, think being greeted by an overly friendly, giggling and presumably drunk driver we eventually got going.. Thank goodness for seatbelts. On a more pleasant note we enjoyed the shade of the rock tree 🙂

And then enjoyed lunch prepared by our sobered up driver

After lunch (just casually) we experienced a tornado!!! Claudio and Iludie were standing right where it began and were swept into a pool of dust. Check out the shadow…

Night two was spent at a salt hotel… Everything from the beds to the tables, chairs, walls and floors was salt

The girls quickly made a new friend 🙂 who reminded us of Tommy from Maipu

Morning came around quickly.. Jeep packed and ready for our last day on the road

We headed to the cactus island which is literally a random mountain of endless cacti of different shapes and sizes

Ever seen a blue one???

Our llama friends followed us from the cactus island into the salt flats

Where the fun began!

Followed by lunch on the salt flats 🙂

And a final group snap!

Great few days.. thanks to an awesome group, beautiful scenery, well functioning jeep and a driver-who-got-no-tip

Next stop La Paz!!

Check out our Travel Page for more of our adventures!

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