Tuesday, November 16, 2010

In Uyuni

Distance La Paz - Uyuni: 546 km, 12 hours on the bus, cost: 8 pounds (so expensive!!). This was the worst bus ride in my whole trip. The bus was very old (as everything in Bolivia) and it was very cold at night (not because of air conditioning but the desert temperature outside). There was a child crying at night and a drunk orchestra group sitting behing us and playing radio loudly. One of the orchestra members vomited in the isle and on our seats. Luckily, we had moved to the front of the bus five minutes before it happened. We - I mean myself and Thomas from France, who I met at the bus station. Due to the circumstances we weren't able to sleep all the night. We arrived in Uyuni at 7 am with intention of having a good sleep in a hotel. But after breakfast we felt better and we decided to book a 3-day trip to the salt flats and desert. We are leaving in an hour. There is nothing to do in very small Uyuni.