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Salar de Uyuni tour
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Sure, sure, you´ve all had it up to here with Bolivia and the Salar de Uyuni, but I´m not done yet. Although I am currently in Salavador da Bahia, Brasil, where it is quite warm and there is a beach not five minutes walk from my apartment, I thought I´d at least post something.

This photo is of Laguna Colorada, almost the highest point of the Salar tour, roughly 4.5 kilometers above sea level. That´s right,
kilometers.

While there, my lungs were blessed with the opportunity to play soccer with some Argentinos and a group of the Bolivian chofers.

Guess who won?

There was lots of grabbing the knees and wheezing involved. Also lots of spitting. I think at one point I spit up half a lung. Good times.
Great times! Definitely one of the highlights of the trip, although I came away with no goals, only an assist.

And yes, we did lose.

The next morning our driver woke us up at 4am. Yes please and thank you! This was so that we could see the geysers further up the road in the darkness. Yes, you can see steam in the dark. But, more importantly, the early wake-up call was so that I could get my ass in the hotsprings at 6am. Another first at 6am for me. The water was fantastic and I had the pool to myself for a good ten minutes before everyone else figured out I wasn´t totally nuts. I´m from Idaho MFer´s, we grow these things on trees back there! Or in the richly geologically active ground, whichever. Details.

The hotsprings is situated at 5 kilometers above sea level. The highest I´ve ever been, both literally and toxicalogically speaking.

From there it was a trip to La Laguna Verde, yes, it is green. Then a 8 to 10 hour trip in the Landcruiser back to Uyuni.