Still loving Bolivia!

Salar de Uyuni tour.  Stunning.  I don´t think it was possible to take a bad picture.  It is the worlds largest salt flat at 12106 sp km.  We slept at 4200 meters, you know, the same kind of altitude you wake up out of breath...same ole same ole.  This place puts out 20k tons of salt, and has both museums and hotels completly made out of salt. The water was slightly warm, only 5 inches at its deepest and left a layer of sparkle on your skin afterwards :)

 Potosi.
This was one of the riches and largest cities of the world around 1670; bigger than Paris or London.  Silver mines have been used since 1544 and rumor has it that the amount of silver that has been extracted is enough to build a silver bridge to Spain.  This wealth lead to over 8 million deaths between 1545 to 1825 under Spanish colonial rule with 12 hour shifts and no saftey concerns.
We had about 1.5 hours down there with lots of gasses, small spaces and sparkling dirt everywhere. It was a weird tour.  Glad I did it but don´t know if I liked it or not. Ever seen the documentary The Devil´s Miner? 

I am totally dominating this rock!!!  More of the Salar tour.  It was 3 days and we also went to see some GIANT geysers that smelled like egg (sulfer?) and then ended the trip in a hot-springs pool.  It was super hot and felt amazing with snow-capped mountains in the background.  Wasn´t bubbling but there were pads that did have water coming out, like a low energy hot-tub :)  Very nice.

Carnival is a next in Oruro.