4-Day-Uyuni-Tour - Day 2

Ebimisami: 18.06.2017

Also on the second day we left the hostel in San Pablo de Lipez at 7:30 a.m.
Our first stop was a copper mine near Villa Mar. This is still partially operated by the people in the village. 

Copper mine
Copper mine
View of the entrance of the copper mine
View of the entrance of the copper mine
Due to the soft rock, these mines are quite dangerous. We found many beautiful stones with quartz and copper or colorful stones around the entrance.
Colorful stones
Colorful stones
Colorful stones
Colorful stones

Afterwards we drove two hours to the next point, where there were again stones to climb.  The formations were called Copa del Mundo, Kamel 🐪 or Italy.

From Copa del Mundo
From Copa del Mundo
Climbing
Climbing on Copa del Mundo 
Climbing on the Camel
Climbing on the Camel🐪

From above, you always had a great view, but I didn't climb everywhere. Usually the climbing up is not the problem, but the climbing down. Elvis - our guide - always made sure that we didn't fall down, as there were occasionally several meters down. While we were resting on top, he climbed up and down five times and reappeared in different places 🐒.

The descent is somehow always more difficult
The descent is somehow always more difficult than the ascent

Next we went to Laguna Vinto, where flamingos live in the winter who find it too cold in the National Park. (By the way, the national park was closed due to snow, so we had some alternative destinations.) However, the flamingos were quite far away, so we could hardly see them. But we were promised closer flamingos for the following day, which can also be seen without a telephoto lens.

Second to last for the second day, we went to the Laguna Negro - the black lake.

Black lake
Black lake
View of the lake with reflection
View of the lake with reflection

During the drive, we often saw llamas and vicuñas - also called sexy llamas because they look like llamas without fur.
Here too, we could climb a bit to get a better view of the lake. At the end of the day, I had a small blister on my finger from climbing so much. But we had so many great views from above that I will survive that :D

Finally, we went to the Snake Canyon, a canyon where a kind of snake head sticks out and also has its name because of the winding shape of the river.

Snake Canyon  (snake head)
Snake Canyon (snake head)🐍


Eyano

Bolivie, mboka
Lapolo ya mobembo Bolivie, mboka
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