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 π
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 π 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
Our llama friends followed us from the cactus island into the salt flats
Followed by lunch on the salt flats π
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!
Haha you have so many fantastic photos here I love it π
Great trip!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Love hearing about all your adventures, tho not about the ‘unsober’ drivers. Love your pics esp the trick photography ones!! What a time you guys are having!!!! Enjoy!
Amazing!
Interesting!
Love the trick photography!
whoa those pictures are hilarious! and that puppy!
How adorable is he!? Hope you’re well Alex missing my daily reads of your blog!
Amazing! Can’t wait for the new blogs
Thanks Gaz!
Joshes, the expression on your face as you are about to crush Kelly is pretty sinister! Nice acting ;)- looks like loads of fun. I reckon you should bring those hand warmers from Atacama back to Australia. Inexpensive and completely biodegradable.
Hahah Shak! I think he enjoyed crushing me a bit tool much! Will enquire about bringing the hand warmers back xx
Those pictures are awesome and so creative!!
Thanks! Was lots of fun making them π
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