The view of a tomato!

On the way to the Salar, we stopped at so many lagoons, that they don’t feel so amazing at the end. I almost got sick of seeing flamingos and Llama’s, because they were everywhere. The first time I took a lot of pictures of the flamingos, but the next 5-6 times didn’t amaze me that much.
The Salar de Uyuni was amazing though! Almost a week before I went to Salar de Atacama outside of San Pedro – and compared to Salar de Uyuni it was nothing! The salar was so big and amazing! Everywhere you looked, it was just this white salt plain. Even more amazing was the Island of Cactus, in the middle of this big salt plain. As of out of nowhere, this great hill rises with lots and lots of cactuses, like a Island in the middle of the sea. There where cactuses over 1200 years old, growing about one centimeter a year. While this of course was a very touristic attraction, I was amazed that there weren’t more people there. Most of the time, you would find yourself wandering alone in all the cactuses, in the short hour we had there.

Cactus from Salar de Uyuni

Chilling in Uyuni

We arrived to Uyuni Wednesday afternoon, and together with the Spanish guy from our car, I bought a ticket with the bus, going to Sucre with a change of bus in Potosí. Our bus left around 7 in the evening, so we had some hours to wait in Uyuni. We used the time drinking some beers with a couple of Swiss guys, who had also done the 3-day trip. In the Plaza we met some musical people, so the hours quickly passed as we were playing music and singing. More and more people came, and right before we left, there was about 12 people sitting in this place, enjoying the time, chatting and drinking wine and beer. I was so amazed of how easy it is to talk to people, and just enjoy the company of each other. Compared to Denmark where everybody is in their own “tiny square”, where nobody else is allowed…
I also met a Columbian girl there, who lives in Bogota. As soon as she heard I was going to Columbia, she offered me to show me around town when I get there, so hopefully I’m going to meet up with her and her friends in Bogota when I get there.

I started studying Spanish at Acadamia Latinoamaricana de Español here in Sucre this Monday, and already met a lot of fellow students – even a Danish girl! Its quite rare to meet other Danish people here in South America, so its nice with a fellow traveler. It was her birthday Tuesday, so we went out drinking with a lot of the students. It was really nice, even though there weren’t many people drinking on a Tuesday. Expect some crazy pictures on facebook!

I’m really looking forward to a nice month here in Sucre, and I’m already learning a lot of Spanish.
Hasta luego chicos!