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56 viewsThe scenery to Uyuni was definitely worth keeping an eye out the window.
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56 viewsHere we are again, kings and queens of our hills.
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56 viewsIt's not hard to imagine this as water instead of salt.
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56 viewsWell, they say the Dutch are tall...
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56 viewsI don't remember being cooked alive on the itinerary!
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56 viewsWaking up in the salt hotel was a cold and extremely dry sensation.
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55 viewsSunsets are one of the best things here in Uyuni. It's flat like home (so you get the grand vistas) but with distant hills and much closer clouds due to the altitude.
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55 viewsOur group, clockwise: Amin, Rutger, Vanina, Juan Pablo, and Paola from Tunisia, Holland, Argentina, and Bolivia.
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55 viewsLooking back at Isla Pescadora and the distant mountains of Salar de Uyuni.
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55 viewsThis marks the beginning of silly photo time in the salt plains. Nobody likes to be eaten.
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55 viewsSome were buried with tools, ceramics, and other things to make the afterlife a bit easier.
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55 viewsThis apple was already here from another jeep so technically I _didn't_ feed him.
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55 viewsAnd I believe this was Laguna Verde, though it looked more green in person.
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54 viewsWe stopped in a small village on the eastern edge of Salar to look at salt handicrafts and statues.
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54 viewsAfter lunch we spent about an hour climbing around the island for viewpoints of the salt sea.
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54 viewsThree jeeps look like toys making their way across the Salar de Uyuni.
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54 viewsMummies in nearby funerary towers are remarkably well preserved thanks to the salty air.
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54 viewsThe lake reflected nicely when a bitterly cold wind wasn't blowing.
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54 viewsAs resident Canadian, I was charged with making a snow angel.
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54 viewsEven though we passed him on the side of the road, he seemed pretty gutsy or unafraid.
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