On our second day, we drove. Nearly every fifteen minutes there was a different postcard view in front of us. Surrounding the salt dessert were mountains and volcanoes, including some active ones. There was the odd vicuña along the side of the road. We saw herds of llama, and let’s not forget the stray dogs. The highlight on day two was the flamingos. I’m not sure why Continue reading
Billed as the quintessential tourist activity for most travellers going through Bolivia, the salt flats were about all we knew of Bolivia a couple months ago. Of course, after almost a month here we’ve seen and learned a whole lot, but the salt flats continue to be one of the highlights so far and here’s why.
Democracy is healthy in Bolivia. In virtually every city that we have visited there has been a protest. In the city of Trinidad, capital of Beni Department, folks were campaigning for basic services such as access to water for the poor.
I had been lobbying Helene to do a jungle tour for 30 days and it was only after we met Annie and Stephen when Helene agreed to go on the tour. You see, Annie and Helene both share the same phobia of spiders.
Luckily, we saw this little guy about an hour after and not before Helene agreed to accompany Annie on a jungle tour.
We are not better or worse just different.
We ended up staying down the street for $4.50 instead.
It is really rare that you get a smile out of the waiter, let alone out of the omelet.
