Salt and Dakar Rally

This area was very proud to have hosted the Dakar Rally, I think it was only for a single year 2016. Ironically the reason it came here was also the reason it stopped coming here. Salt. The salt flats made a great surface to drive along, the problem was salt is also very corrosive and a large number of the cars broke down. Making it uneconomical to continue.

What is left is a shrine to the rally. There is a disused hotel, but it's mainly disused because they couldn't work out what to do with shower and waste.

Nearby is the Colchani statues, made of salt blocks and then carved into different shapes. Alex and I had a bit of fun climbing these and getting photos as you can see.Read more