Salar de Uyuni Day 2

Today was a lot of driving and a lot of small stops to see some volcanoes and wildlife.

Our first stop was a viewpoint to some nice, and colorful, volcanoes where we also tried llama sausage. It was very good! Definitely better than in the curry. I guess llama meat is suited to different things.

Our next couple of stops were at lagoons that had tons of flamingos. Both lagoons had volcanoes around the outside making for a great backdrop. It also wasn't too windy so the reflection of the flamingoes on the water showed through if you got the angle right. Allan and a couple of the guides got into a disagreement with a guy over flying his drone despite the no drone sign and Allan telling him. Luckily none of flamingoes flew away. At the second lagoon we also had some quick lunch before we got back in the car and headed off towards the national park.

We made a couple of small stops before we all got out to walk through the Inca Canyon. Along the way, we saw a desert fox. It came right up to the car like it wanted to come along! While we were in the Inca Canyon we saw some little rabbit chinchilla creatures. (I forgot what they're called...starts with a 'b'). We then had a short drive to Arbol de Piedra where the stones have eroded to look similar to trees. It reminded me a bit of the mushroom in Wadi Rum.

After the 'trees', we continued the drive to our last location, the Colorada Lagoon. It was very windy here which had stirred up the lagoon making the different colors of the minerals stand out. The lagoon was blue and red. Because it was so cold, and still a couple of hours until sunset, we all hunkered down in the little cafe on site and had a couple beers. Sunset was nice and we all went back outside to get some pictures.

After sunset we headed back down from the lagoon about 20 minutes to our accommodation on the other side. I managed to roll my ankle falling over a lip in the floor on our way to our room, luckily not a lot of swelling, just sore. We had quick showers before dinner. During dinner we tried cactus beer which I really liked. It was sweet and reminded me of a red ale. After dinner, Allan and I popped outside for about 20 minutes and had a look at the stars. There were some lights, but the sky was still dark enough that you could see the stars twinkle. It was pretty.

Locations:
Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduadro Avaroa
Volcan Ollague
Laguna Canapa
Laguna Hedionda
Árbol de Piedra
Laguna ColoradaOkumaya devam et