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Workers scrape a layer of salt into piles which are later shoveled into trucks and taken away for processing.
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BOLIVIA - Tour of Uyuni May, 2002
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Uyuni has become a popular tourist destination -- a town primarily consisting of hotels, restaurants, internet, and tour companines. The tour companies run 4 day tours into the Salar de Uyuni (Salt Lake) and the Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa (National Park).Erin rode in the company 4x4 with five other tourists while Chris and five other bikers loaded their gear and (especially) spare fuel onto the trailer pulled by the 4x4. |
Entering the Salar
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Workers scrape a layer of salt into piles which are later shoveled into trucks and taken away for processing.
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The Salt Hotel
Similar in theory to the Ice Hotel in Norway. The hotel is built completely of blocks of salt cut out of the lake; similar to how Eskimo’s cut snow to make their igloos, with a tin roof covered by straw. All the furniture (including beds) are also made of the salt blocks, with the toilets, lighting, and billiard table being the only things made of contemporary materials.
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Playing on the Salt Lake
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Southwest Corner of Bolivia
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Riding back alone
see Chapter 109
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