Uyuni - The largest salt flat in the world

After another terrible flight with thunderstorms (this time in a small plane = 54 people), we landed in Uyuni, a truly desolate city. It's a good thing we only planned to stay here for one night. In the morning, we set off: first, we visited the train cemetery. These trains were used in the last century to transport numerous minerals. Then we drove to the salt flat. The salt flat was formed when the Atlantic Ocean receded due to tectonic plate movement. All that was left behind was salt, coral, and some 'islands', such as the cactus island. The salt flat was very impressive. Everything here is flat and white - until the horizon, and that is blue. The cactus island is centuries old. The plants grow 1cm per year. The tallest cactus is 12m high.

The next morning, we visited a very old pre-Inca cemetery and then went to 3 different lagoons. One of them was home to flamingos, but unfortunately, I couldn't capture them with my camera - I hope for the photos from our guide.

Unfortunately, that's when the problems started: it had snowed at the pass, the geysers, and the green and red lagoons. We spent the coldest night of our lives because it was below 0°C in the room. It's a good thing we brought our sleeping bags. Since the pass was closed, our planned crossing to San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) was not possible. There was a lot of excitement because we had booked a flight to Santiago from there 3 days later. But our guide was resourceful and the tour group was understanding. They took us to another border crossing (= a longer detour) and we arrived in San Pedro de Atacama as planned, one of the driest deserts in the world.