The second day of the Salt Flats your has been equally as interesting as the first. It's been a long day with us setting off at about 7.30am and arriving in our accommodation for the night at 6pm. We must have travelled a significant distance along mostly dusty and rocky roads but it was worth it for some of the sights we have seen.

Suprisingly, we all had a pretty good sleep in our accommodation as the blankets provided kept us warm against the freezing conditions outside. We had breakfast and left the accommodation and our first stop was to see a traditional llama pen where they are kept overnight. They are funny looking creatures but they are harmless and are farmed like cattle at home.

We then stopped at the first of several lakes throughout the day. Each of these lakes had their own individual characteristics due to the minerals which could be found within them and give them their distinctive colours. The first lake had hints if yellow due to the sulphur contained within the lake. This also gave quite a strong rotten egg smell. We were also introduce to flamingos which inhabit most of the lakes and were trying to break through the ice in this particular lake due to the severe overnight temperature. The next lake contained sodium carbonate which meant it was white around the edges and this time there were even more flamingos which we tried to capture photos of.

We then went to a few more lakes where again there were loads of flamingos minding there own business whilst us tourists tried to get close to them with no luck. The most stunning lake was undoubtedly the green lake which was overlooked by an extinct volcano. Stunning!!

After having lunch at the green lake we went to a hot spring which was created by volcanic activity below the surface. As it was cold outside, stepping into the hot spring was awesome and we were all reluctant to get out. After this we visited some geysers which were again caused by volcanic activity below the surface. Again there was the rotten eggs smell which was caused by the sulphur. The geysers were impressive and there were loads of them which were at different temperatures judging by he varying degrees of bubbling. We were told by our guide to be careful as someone had died here a couple of months ago by slipping and falling into the geyser!!

After this we then headed to the red lake which does exactly what it says on the tin. The redness within the lake is caused by algae below the surface and it is truly impressive and totally unexpected that the lake is red. We were told that this is one of the new seven wonders of the world. How true this is we don't know due to the lack of Internet.

We reached our hostel at 6pm and the best news of the day is that it has hot showers for a small fee. We have both had a hot shower as the feeling of been covered in dust and not having had a shower for 2 days was not good.

We are currently sitting eagerly awaiting our tea in our accommodation for tonight and after this it will probably be another early night as there is not a great deal to do in the tiny Bolivian village we are currently in.