Report 10, 11, 12 and 13 August

Report 10, 11, 12 and 13th August
Report by Karin and Simon

Sunday 10th  August
We leave for Potosi. We are not in a hurry and take it easy. We see a lot of special things along the road such as a valley full of cactus plants, a special traffic sign and beautiful views. We spend the night in the Potosi SOS Village. 

Bridge

Cactus

Traffic sign

Mountain view

Landscape

Farmhouse 

Monday 11th August
We continue our way to Uyuniu. Again we drive through impressive mountains and over a plain on 12.000 feet altitude and we again see a lot of Lama’s and Guanaco’s , a sort of dear which are rarely seen.

boy in street

car in village

village 1

village 2

women with child

guanaco

guanaco 2 

At Uyuni is a world famous cemetery for steam trains, very special to see. The Dakar motor race passed this place this year as well. The cemetery is adjacent to a huge salt lake; we stay in a hotel totally built with salt blocks, a unique hotel to spend the night.

Dakar 2014

train cemetery 1

train cemetery 2

train cemetery 3 

Tuesday 12th August
The road we have to take is a dirt road; we can hardly make more than 10 miles per hour.
We don’t reach our next stop so we have to camp at an altitude of again 12.000 feet. It is freezing cold but the sky is filled with stars and we can see the Milky Way as clear as Chrystal since there is no moon.

dirt road

dunes

mountains 1

on the road

camping place 1

camping place 2 

Wednesday 13th August
Impressions of the day trip.

mountains 1

mountains 2

mountains 3

truck in riverbed 

This is the last report of Karin and Simon, we have to go back home, the new team will arrive at Salta coming Friday.