Feb 19 2010

See Ya, Uyuni!

Daniela

Finally, finally, finally, we have left Uyuni!!!  Good riddance, I say!  Really, if we hadn’t had to sit there for a week, watching people get stinking drunk, not sleeping, while we listened to crazy loud music flow from the local athletic club, we may not have thought it was so bad.  We definitely overstayed our visit though. 

This morning, we were on our way again.  We have very few provisions, but I would have left with no provisions!  We are still in the desert.  Today, we passed some sand dunes, which are the first we have seen in Bolivia.  Shortly after the sand dunes, we entered an area with sculpted rocks.  I would call it a canyon, but really it was far to wide to call a canyon.  There were some pretty interesting rocks, and  some cool colours.

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Also, the clouds were incredible today!!

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Tonight we are in another amazing campsite.  We pulled off the road, over a rise and are snuggled up against some very cool rocks.  There are large outcrops of rocks, that are all wind  carved. 

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Tomorrow, we continue on to Tupiza, which is labelled on our map as a “pleasant town”.  Let us hope it is just that!