Wednesday, 11 May 2016

Snow and sleepy puppies (continued)

Next day we got up at 5:30am to eat breakfast quickly and go on a bumpy ride along the salt flats and finally we stopped at some train tracks that we had to cross over so we stopped and took silly photos on the tracks to pass the time! The bitter wind was crazy cold and the day was over cast so the photos aren't as bright as thprevious day but they are funny :) 


After the train tracks we moved onto the Martian landscape, but as it started snowing!! we didn't stay long but it was a strange landscape, with rock formations that looked like craters and odd vegetation. 


Jumping quickly onto the next bit we saw flamingos at varies ponds and strange stone trees before we headed to a red lake and then to our hostel for the night. Saw a beautiful rainbow and lots of llamas as we drove through the cold and barren landscape. 

Can you spot the flamingos? 

Look how wrapped up I am!! 

Rainbow :) Arcoires :) 


Red lake and pink flamingo, with some serious weather coming in, in the back of the photo :) 

When we got to the hostel there was the most adorable puppy, that me and this little girl seen the entire night passively fighting over her. But she was cold a few times and the little girl would hand the puppy to me and I would warm her up under my sweater and she actually kept me warm as, like a mini hot water bottle. :) isn't she adorable? I almost snuck her away when left the next morning at 4am. 

But I am so glad that we left so early, because the sunrise was completely worth it. 

A was seeing the geysers :) 

Just stunning scenery, so different to what I have ever seen before. 
That's snow on the ground and on the mountains:0 


The Salvador Dali desert :) looks fake don't you think? Crazy beautiful. 


We reached the border between Chile and Bolivia an hour before the bus, so waited around and then when the bus came we lost two of our group :( as they headed to chile. And we returned exhausted to Uyuni, where me and Heather caught a bus to Potosi after a yummy borrito dinner. 

Xxx