EP - Gira Andina 2012

As I foresaw, I have fallen several days behind, due to some very hard days of driving and lack of internet connections in Bolivia. Last Thursday we drove from Potosi to Uyuni in Bolivia. The salt flats at Uyuni are the largest in the world, 5 times larger than Bonneville, totalling 28,500 sq. kilometers. After a long drive we went out and had some fun on the salt in the evening and then stayed in a salt hotel, a bit like an ice hotel but made of salt.
On Friday most people drove the long way back to Oruro via Potosi. but we and one 4x4 decided to take a shorter route that included 180kms of "piste". At first it was great fun for 80 kms or so, but then we broke a shock absorber and lost 2 hours while we changed it in the desert. Eventually we arrived exhausted.
Now in San Pedro de Atacama in Northern Chile and tomoorow is a rest day so I will continue then.