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We got the bus early Friday morning from La Pas to Oruro which took around four hours and it was a public bus so this was an experience and then we got a train from Oruro to Uyuni. We arrived at 10:30pm so we got a taxi to our hostel.
The next morning we got up early to get booked onto a tour of the Salt Flats which left around 10:30. We got into a jeep with 5 Spanish people and our tour guide. When we got to our first stop we realised that no one spoke English not even the tour guide so we didn't learn alot but it was still amazing.
First stop was the train cemetery and then we went to see the locals and what they made from the salt. Basically the salt flats was once a ocean and it has dried up leaving the salt and many coral reefs now like little islands on top of the salt. Because the land is sooo flat you can take so many cool and clever pictures which we attempted. We stopped for lunch at one of the coral reefs which was full of cactus. We also visited a salt hotel which was very clever the tables, chairs everything was made of salt. We got home from the tour around 6pm and then went for dinner and to the one and only pub in Uyuni as it is a tiny village where we met up with a Geordie couple from the tour and sat and drunk some very strange drinks from some strange glasses as you can see from the photos lol
The next day we had to wait until 2:50am for our train in a ghost town! Because of a muck up with our hostel we were unable to stay there for the last night so we had to hang around the bars and train station until the early hours of the morning but we eventually got on the train to Villason and slept very well for 9 hours.
When we got off we met 4 guys from Isral and a German guy all trying to get to Salta from Villason so we stuck together at the border and once in Argentina we all headed for the bus station. We all then paid for the bus to salta and got our tickets. We had an hour till it left so we all went to grab some food. When we went back to the bus station they said one of us had not paid but we all had and we all also had tickets! They were trying to get us to put money in and pay for one more! But the Israleas were not having any of it and said we all have tickets so we are all getting on that bus! Then when we go to put our luggage on two teenagers said we have to pay to put our luggage on! So again the guys we had met went mad again and said no! We have travelled on many buses by now and we had never experienced this! So after half hour of arguing they get the bags on with out paying. So me, Luke get on and he trys to drive off with out 3 of our friends! So eventually after us opening the door they get on and the bus stops! The driver trys to tell one of us to get off! This is when the German guy asks for the police and the bus starts moving again! We then think we are on our way to Salta at last when we get to the control point and the police pile on the bus taking our passports off us and our tickets. The police then left us and the german on the bus but took the Israls off! But the police listened and said all 7 have tickets so all 7 travel! So we get moving again.....until the next control point when we get told to get off the bus with our backpacks and with that a policeman tipped my bag upside down! (it takes me ages to pack!!) After twenty minutes of them being so rude to us one of them kicked the back of my legs and they let us go!
We arrived at last in Salta and checked into our hostel!
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aggie Loving the blog, the salt flat photos are fabulous! Carry on enjoying it and making us all green with envy lol!