Argentina

One of these days we will get this site in order.

Erik and I are currently in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
We made our way south from Uyuni, Bolivia.
We did a three day two night tour of the Salar de Uyuni and surrounding area. When we get the pics up you will see why its so cool. First we went to a salt flat where the earth and air melted together at the horizon. It really was quite an amazing place. In some places there was standing water, in other not, but as you looked across the entire plain, it looked uniform.
They mine salt there, so that is the main attraction. They have a Salt Hotel, and everything else you can imagine made out of salt. Tourist beware, a cup made out of salt does not work well for pratical purposes...
The rest of ourtrip cosisted of lakes of different colors, desert of all sorts, and snow topped mountains.
We explored the area in a old Land Cruiser FJ 62. The driver Mario, our cook Eva, and six Gringos in the back. Our company consisted of Two Irish girls, Rebecca and Wendy; an English girl, Teresa; and an Israelie guy, Matan. We had many good long hours in that jeep as we traversed the deserts of southwestern Bolivia.
I´ll spare you all the details, and just throw in a few highlights. We saw a few ostriches and llama like creatures from the car. There was a green lake and a red lake, and various other colored lakes. Most of them had flamingos in them.
On the last morning we got going at 5 because we had a long day ahead of us. It was cold and dark. We got to some geysers just as the sun was coming up. We were at about 15,000 feet, the highest I think both of us have ever been.
We rode down to some hot springs, that were not quite hot enough for me, but nice none the less.
The rest of the day included about 15 hours total in the cruiser, then a 10 hour train ride to the border, at some point the day changed. Next we hopped on an eight hour bus ride to Salta, Argentina.
We spent one night in Salta, then headed for the Big Apple.
A briliant 17 hour bus ride, first class, got us to Buenos Aires at 8 AM.
Now we have been in BA for the last few days and will be leaving on a boat to Uruguay Friday morning.