The next day we drove again and saw some more amazing landscapes. We also had about 3 flat tyres and our drivers were busy jacking the vans up while we all loitered in the middle of nowhere warming ourselves in the sun. The second night wasnt as cold as the first and it was this night that we saw on this scratty little tv that micheal jackson had been found dead. Very surreal in such a place. I went outside like i did on most nights and tried to see the stars. Millions of them. I then went to bed in our room with five other people on a floor made of salt next to salt walls but fortunatly on a proper mattress...well only just. I also managed to actually take off my coat that night.
Next day we were up at 5am and were going to see what we all came for...the world famous Uyuni salt flats.....The lagest salt flats in the world...also the highest i beleive. Unfortunatly our jeep broke down again so we were a bit delayed in getting to the salt flats proper but wow, once we did...it was like being on a massive lake! infact it used to be a massive sea that dried up a few hundred million years ago or soemthing!!
We then went to Inca Hausa, an island with loads and loads of cacti on it. It provided such a contrast to the bright white of the salt flats....wow....
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