Salinas de Garci Mendoza

Knowing we had only 37 km ahead of us today, we "slept in", meaning we left our camp at 7 am and headed towards our last village, Salinas de Garci Mendoza, before crossing the Salar.

Roads had become more and more empty over the past days, and this morning we saw maybe one car every half hour or so, usually passing us by in the opposite direction.

The scenery was stunning, featuring volcanoes, wild Llamas, Flamingos, deserty bits, little salt flats, and watery and lush green grassland.
So many colors all at once...no wonder the ride took us almost 3 hours, with half of the time spend on photography 📸

We still arrived in Salinas de G.M. before noon, and treated ourselves to proper beds for a change and not one, but two lunches!
I also bought some local cupcakes, hoping for something tasty and sweet...but they were neither 😪

As we stayed in pretty much the only Alojamento, it was not surprising that even more cyclists showed up over the day. One of them being the same italian guy we had met 2 days earlier at lunch!

However, everyone was tired and I ended the day early to stock up on sleep before riding into the Salar.

🚴‍♀️Distance cycled: 37 km
🦙 Llamas seen and photographed: ♾️
🍖 Llamas devoured at lunch: felt like 1 whole one
🍬 Gummibears eaten: oh....sooo many.Læs mere