Sunset on the Salar de Uyuni
8 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
From the worldwide flags monument, we drove towards Tunupa Volcano to find a place to sleep for the night.
It was getting late and we were still an hour or so to our destination when the sunsetLeggi altro
Night at Tahua
8 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
After sunset, it became dark very quickly. It was a bit of a challenge driving on the open salt plains with no roads or signs to guide. We also didn't have any bookings for the night since the placesLeggi altro
Off to Tunupa Volcano
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
The previous evening we had arrived very late in the evening and had seen a very lovely starry night but neither of us had the energy to go out and take pics of the Milky Way.
In the morning we wokeLeggi altro
Tunupa Volcano Information
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Coqueza is the village at the base of the Tunupa Volcano. There is a nice small museum representing the lifestyle of the people around. It also has the bones of the pre-Inca mummies. One can also hireLeggi altro
To the mummy cave
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We drove up the volcano to the parking area. The views of the salt desert from the parking were amazing. There were many violet colored flowers on the path near the parking giving a colorful contrastLeggi altro
Chullpa Cemetery
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
The Chullpas were a race from before the Incas. A cemetery from that era was found here. Inside the cave, there are well preserved mummies that were buried there.
From what we understood from theLeggi altro
Tunupa Volcano trek
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
From the mummy cave, it was a steep one hour trek to the Tunupa Volcano mirador. The air was very rarefied and each step was a tough task. The trek started at 3900 mts and initially when the body wasLeggi altro
Into the Salar again
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
After the trek, we drove into the Salar once again. We stopped by at the lagoon near the volcano base to see the flamingos.
Some cool salar pics
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
In the salar, there is nothing to give the eyes or the brain a perspective of depth, so one can take some very creative pictures by playing with the depth perspective. Here are some of them from myLeggi altro
More pics in the Salar
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Yet some more in the Salar
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Devil's Cave (Cueva del Diablo)
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Views from Devil's Cave
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Some more views from the Devil's Cave
The disaster
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
As with every trip of ours, things just have to go wrong somewhere, just a matter of when 😆
As I started to turn the vehicle to go find the Galaxias Cave, we felt the car suddenly lower on all 4Leggi altro
The disaster fixed
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
As we continued digging and putting more stones, nothing seemed to work. The quicksand was just pasted all over the wheels and would get plastered over the stones and roots.
At that moment one vehicleLeggi altro
Yet another tequila sunset
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Having freed us from the muck, one of the vehicles offered to guide us to the nearest village where we 'might' find a place to stay.
We readily accepted the offer and after driving for about an hourLeggi altro
Salt hotel stay
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Riding the luck wave.. Here we go...
Just at the exit of the salt plains where the other vehicle left us, we found a place to stay.
Hold your breath!!
It was a salt hotel (Hostal Don Carlos).Leggi altro
Potosi - views at sunset
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We just couldn't have enough of it. We were there at the tower for more than 30 min running around from one direction to the other enjoying every moment of the stunning views.
Potosi Main Square at night
9 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
The main square of Potosi is a magical place at night. All the buildings around the square are beautifully lit with many colors.
Hostal Don Carlos
10 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We were up and ready for breakfast bu 8 pm. It was a hearty breakfast of corn bread (almost like a cake), yogurt, rice flakes and coffee.
Cueva Diablo? Infierno? or Galaxias?
10 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Over dinner, when we had told the people at the hostel that we had gone to the Cueva Diablo, tgey were surprised and told us that the Cueva Diablo was just around the corner from the hostel about 50Leggi altro
Cueva Infierno
10 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Inside the cueva Infierno, there was a board saying Cueva Galaxias. This was damn confusing now. Everyone at the hostel called it Cueva Diablo, the board outside said Cueva Infierno and inside was theLeggi altro
Cueva Infierno - inner chambers
10 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Inside the inner chambers of the cave, there were some very beautiful, fine and delicate fossilized corals. That had been formed under the water when the salar had still been an ocean. It really wasLeggi altro
Fossilized sub aquatic corals
10 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
It really was a beautiful cave to visit. In the innermost chamber, there were very delicate fossilized corals.
Off to Cueva Galaxias
10 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
From the Cueva Infierno, we drove about 20 kms to the Cueva Galaxias. I had it marked on the maps.me app and the guards had also told us the nearest village so it wasn't hard to find it.
The roadLeggi altro











































































































































