Sunset on the Salar de Uyuni
8 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 sunsetЧитать далее
Night at Tahua
8 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 placesЧитать далее
Off to Tunupa Volcano
9 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 wokeЧитать далее
Tunupa Volcano Information
9 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 hireЧитать далее
To the mummy cave
9 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 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 contrastЧитать далее
Chullpa Cemetery
9 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 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 theЧитать далее
Tunupa Volcano trek
9 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 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 wasЧитать далее
Into the Salar again
9 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 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 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ 🌙 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 myЧитать далее
More pics in the Salar
9 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Yet some more in the Salar
9 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Devil's Cave (Cueva del Diablo)
9 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Views from Devil's Cave
9 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Some more views from the Devil's Cave
The disaster
9 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 4Читать далее
The disaster fixed
9 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 vehicleЧитать далее
Yet another tequila sunset
9 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 hourЧитать далее
Salt hotel stay
9 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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).Читать далее
Potosi - views at sunset
9 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ☀️ 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 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 50Читать далее
Cueva Infierno
10 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 theЧитать далее
Cueva Infierno - inner chambers
10 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 wasЧитать далее
Fossilized sub aquatic corals
10 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 октября 2017 г., Боливия ⋅ ⛅ 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 roadЧитать далее











































































































































