Salar de Uyuni - Day Four, the actual salt plains!!!!

Posted by Dave and Zephie

The final day of the tour was by far the best. We woke up at a ridiculous time in the morning again so that we could see the sun rise. We were so exhausted by this point that when we got into the car in the dark I think everyone would have rather gone back to bed. But when the sun began to rise we all forgot our sleepiness...









We parked up in this brilliant white expanse that really took our breath away. It was like nothing else we had ever seen. So beautiful and peaceful. It was really really special.










After about 40 minutes taking in the incredible scenery and letting the sun come up, we drove to Fish Island, which our awesome guide and driver informed us was imaginatively named because it resembles...a fish! We had a walk around the island, which was covered in brilliant cactuses/cacti (we couldn't decide which word is correct, answers on a postcard!) and allowed for stunning views of the salt plains. Because here you don't get an island surrounded by water, but salt of course.








After breakfast, everyone started taking photos messing around with the strange perspectives that can be achieved because of the vast white surroundings. At first we thought it was a bit cliched because everyone gets these photos, but then we thought we would have a little go and discovered it was LOADS of fun!!!! We all spent hours devising new compositions!

Little Zephie...




Little Zephie again, sat on a mate cup....






Dave walking the knife edge....





Hahaha we love this one!





This was the brain child of our driver Santos and his brother....



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Here are our two groups (ours on the right) standing on the arms of the lovely Agustina!





And here we all are, normal size!





And if you hadn't seen enough salt, here is some more....


Salt tables and chairs...






Here's a salt llama, in the salt museum.........






And just big piles of SALT!!!!





By the end we were totally exhausted! We ended up in Uyuni, where we were able to shower properly for the first time in 4 days. Unfortunately, we ended up going to another of the region's famous Italian restaurants that night for the worst meal of our entire lives. We were both famished because for some reason there wasn't much vegan fare for breakfast and lunch that day, but we still couldn't stomach the revolting spaghetti with tomato sauce (they had literally just plopped a blended tomato and water on a plate full of half cooked pasta). Oh well, it was a poor end to an awesome trip!