Thursday, August 03, 2006

Salar de Uyuni - HEAVEN on Earth

Sunrise:

120k by 200k of pure white shimmering salt, barely a thing on the horizon but bright blue spotless sky. This is my number 1, this is the most stunning thing I have ever seen, and it looks & sounds like....absolute nothingness.
Nothingness:

The salt glistens like snow, and the little island we spot in the middle feels like a mirage, but it is real, and it´s called Fish Island.
Fish Island:

This little island covered in over 1000 year old cacti is yet again very surreal, and having lunch there looking out to the salt lake is an amazing feeling.
In the afternoon we head deeper into the nothingness where I lie on my back, with the sun on my face, and feel the most relaxed I will probably feel in my whole life.
Trying to describe how this place looks and feels is impossible, no photos will do its inmensity justice, so I will simply say...it looks like heaven.

P.S. Just wish I´d remembered to put suntan lotion on my face!

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