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Salar de Uyuni Trip from San Pedro

From Round the World Trip 2007-8 in Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia on Jul 19 '07

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We enquired about the Salt Lake trip at various agencies and decided to do the trip with Cordillera Travel. We left on the Friday morning and had breakfast at the Bolivian border.

We were in a 4x4 with an american guy and 3 welsh lads. We were really lucky with the people we were put on the trip with as we ended up having a good laugh which is needed when you see some of the holes they call hostals we had to stay in!

Its 12000 km² and bright white really dazzling

The 6 of us from the trip with our 4x4
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The first day and night is FREEZING!!! We saw some coloured lagoons and the "Dali desert" which were really cool. We went to some natural hot springs and Mal dared to get in this time. The water was around 40º! It was lovely! We also visited some Bolivian Geysers. Then we got took to the hostal. We all shared a room and had concrete slabs for beds which was nice!

Then the next day we saw more lagoons, a flamingo reserve, "El Arbol de Piedra" and an active volcano. That night the hostal wasn´t as bad but wasnt finished and had concrete beds but it was made of salt which was cool.

Stood on some hardened lava from the volcano behind
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On the last day we saw the actual salt lake which is amazing. Its 12000 km² and bright white really dazzling. We´d had to change drivers and the new one was is a rush for some reason so he only gave us 10 minutes on the salt lake for our crazy photo taking.

All in all the trip was really good the sights are amazing and it was a real good laugh thanks to the lads on the trip. However I would recommend people dont do the tour with Cordillera Travel as we were constantly in a rush, didn´t stay in the accommodation stated and were given second-class treatment compared to the other group who went with us which really got to us by the end of the trip.

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Mals cool parents on Jul. 25, 2007 @ 01:57AM said

Hi to the trepid explorers, Seems that the accomodation on your trip leaves a lot to be desired, next stop just book into the hilton ha ha, but mal we seen some of your student houses so cant be as bad as them )only jokin x) Also glad your meeting up with some cool dudes along the way. The pictures are once again amazing and its brill how you managed to shrink yourselves for some. Take care of each other & stay healthy. Everyone sends there love & are looking forward to more blogs. Love mals cool p,ts XXX

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Leigh s Mum on Jul. 25, 2007 @ 01:57AM said

The concrete beds don't sound too inviting but I'm envious of everything else. You sound as though you're having great fun and you're certainly storing up some wonderful memories for the future. It's great to see your photos and to see something of what you're writing about. Looking forward to the next blog. Take care of your selves. Steve says, 'Hi'. Much love, Mum xx

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philv on Jul. 25, 2007 @ 01:57AM said

Hey guys!! One word....JEALOUS!!! Just read all the blogs and it sounds like you're having an amazing time; everywhere looks so incredible, it must be difficult to move on to the next destination....I see you made it to Machu Pichu, that must have been very special. Anyway, looking to forward to future installments, take care of yourselves. Phil :) PS. Malina, have you grown.....by about 100ft!?!?!

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Leigh+Mal on Jul. 25, 2007 @ 01:57AM said

Hiya just a quick note to let you all know we are in chile and not in Peru at the moment so the earthquake hasnt effected us. However there is an active volcanoe about a mile from the hostel which might lol!!! Leigh&Mal

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AnaLuisa on Jul. 25, 2007 @ 01:57AM said

Hola nenita!! Por fin pude entrar a tu blog... Muy interesante!! God! Me tienes que contar todas tus aventuras cuando vuelvas. Me alegra verte feliz y viajando... Se ven muy bien en las fotos! :) Cuidate mucho. Besitos!!!

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charxx on Jul. 25, 2007 @ 01:57AM said

howdy doooody, got ya msgs! looks like you havin a awsome time... wish i was there, so what nxt? mount everest... i kno its not in the vacinity like (me little explorers) why not see if u can discover a new country while ur out there have fun miss yas love the charmainator. haha

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Mals cool parents on Jul. 25, 2007 @ 01:57AM said

Hola Darlins. Como estan. So nice to hear about all of your latest adventurers. So glad you had nice birthday mal. Cant believe all of the lessons you have both undertaken i.e tango, snowboarding,abseiling,choc/wine tasting etc just hope that you dont try doing all of these together will be a right mess lol. Think secretly mal wants to be the next Lara Croft & leigh the next Bond. Well your both on right track been shaken but not stirred. The use of varied transport i.e trains, boats, planes, buses,rafts and staying in even dodgier hostals along with the occasional upperclass hotel.ha ha.Take care. Speak again soon. XX Mals Cool Pts,

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AnaLuisa on Jul. 25, 2007 @ 01:57AM said

Nenita!! Como estan? Espero que los dos esten bien. Me imagino que sintieron el temblor (erthquake). Cuidense mucho y por favor escribe para saber que esan bien. Te quiero!! Ana.

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Webies on Jul. 25, 2007 @ 01:57AM said

Happy Birthday Mal,I hope your sat having a few birthday drinks after your day of adventure. The pictures your sending look amazing, but im starting to wonder if you are shrinkin or are all the guys 6ft6. Enjoy your travels you two xx

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