Day of the Shower (Salar de Uyuni Part 3)

Wegot to sleep in until 7 on Thursday. The altitude had been messing with my body, and I slept horribly both nights of the trip. Maybe a total of 3 hours of sleep. I can´t imagine what it would be like to have insomnia. I thought I would go crazy eyes wide open all that time yet so tired.

Our first stop was the Árbol de Piedra, surrounded by other rock formations which everyone was climbing followed by 5 more lagoons. By the end of the lagoons we didn´t think we could look at lagoons anymore. I guess we could say we were lagooned out. I know, poor us, right?

rock tree

the guys checking stuff out under the hood

Flo - photographer/dj/social media expert/part-time model

i want a baby llama. so freakin cute.

dan and i watched the llama kiss about 5 other tourists before us. for some reason she wasn`t interested in us. sad face.

flo - dan - kelly - myth - man - legend

We stopped near another volcano where Dan and I challenged ourselves to a high-altitude hike before lunch. You have probably realized by now that we at no point decided NOT to do these things. Though doing activities at high altitude is NOT easy, we made it to the top and were rewarded by spectacular views and high-fives.

we reached the top

group photo after lunch

lunch table views

 

After lunch, the guides explained to us the next steps. Because it had been raining the past few days, we weren´t supposed to cross the Salar or stay in the salt hotel. They didn´t want to short us on those experiences, but wanted to make sure we were all comfortable with taking the adventure route. We agreed that we were. They are the best. We crossed the railroad tracks and there was no turning back. We crossed a small flat that took us to the salt hotel. Yes. A hotel. Made completely of salt. We licked everything to make sure.

no turning back - to the salt hotel!

 

 

We dropped our bags onto the salt floor and headed to climb the cactus-filled hill behind the hotel. Dan, Facu, Batiste, Veronica, and I climbed to the top, huffing and puffing as we went. At the top was a panoramic view of the entire Uyuni salt flat. If I hadn´t already had problems breathing it would have taken my breath away.

most amazing echoes ever.

panoramic

my 1st attempt at self-timer. FAIL.

win.

we got back from our hike we found a king in his castle of salt.

After tea time it was finally SHOWER TIME! After 3 full days of wearing the same clothes, greasy close to dreadlocked hair, it was glorious. $10 Bolivianos for a piping hot shower. Once we were all clean again, we had our last supper together and celebrated our awesomeness by toasting the night away with beer and wine. We think the other groups were jealous because they didn´t think ahead to buy booze as we did. Before hitting the hay, we took a group fieldtrip outside to check out the stars. Can you feel the love tonight?