Clock tower at the end of Plaza Arce.
Overdue for some polish on the hiking boots.
Coca leaves were chewed and coca tea consumed to alleviate the effects of altitude.
Cute Bolivian girl in Uyuni.
Local market where we replenished fruits and vegetables before heading out.
Travelling across the blinding white Salar de Uyuni salt desert.
Workers earn 100 Bolivianos [$15CDN] per week shovelling salt into small cones for collection and transport - much like shovelling snow at home.
Salt flats dry into hexagonal tiles up to a meter across.
Playing silly mind games in the blinding whiteness.
We stayed in a salt hotel - walls, tables, chairs, beds all constructed from blocks of salt - similar to the ice hotel in Sweden.
Unique roof construction from local materials.
We should have brought a Canadian flag.
Isla de Pescado - a hilly outpost covered in flowering cactus.
On we drive in the 4x4 Landcruisers .....
..... alone for kilometers in all directions .....
..... our group of Kiwis, Auzzies, Brits, Swiss and Canucks.
Long shadows as the sun sets and the temperature plummets.
Refuelling the 4x4 with no services for hundreds of kilometers.
Just some of the numerous mountainscapes surrounding the salt flats up to 6000 meters high.
The disc brake assembly could not be repaired and was left on the road as the driver / mechanic reinstalled the front wheel. We continued for a day and a half with only rear brakes.
Pink flamingos were a complete surprise in this otherwise colorful yet desolate high altitude region.
Sulphurous gases and boiling mud pots at Sol de Manana geyser basin.
Termas de Polques hot springs at 35C for an early morning soak at 4000 meters.
A stop in the Salvador Dali Desert.
Laguna Verde - an aquamarine lake with volcanic geology behind.
The Bolivian border crossing with one official, no washroom facilities and no phone connections - we waited an hour for transportation to arrive from the Chilean side to continue our overland journey south.
