Colcha K, Bolivia
Self-portrait on the Salar
reCyclist and Inamorata on the Salar de Uyuni.
We crossed the salar, 85k north to south, stopping for lunch halfway at Isla Incahuasi, not visible from either side. All the jeep tours stop here to see petrified coral and thousand-year-old cacti. Bad roads and a strong headwind slowed us late in the afternoon, but a local cyclist showed us smoother tracks that looped back onto the flats. A sudden gale pushed us into Colcha K (also called Villa Martin) and spartan accommodations just as the rain fell.
Early morning departure from Volcan Tunupa.
A net of ten billion polygons covers the surface of the salar.
Coral arch on Isla Incahuasi.
A busy road darkens the salar.
A young suri, a large flightless bird, inhabits this barren terrain.
Bolivian cyclist Jose Lopez
Jose Lopez showed us a smoother off-road alternative to the loose sand & gravel on the road on the mud flats south of the salar.
