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Find your Flag 👌

Bring your national flag, club flag or something similar. The flags don't last forever and there is always a place for your own flag. A very impressive place.

Definitely worth the stop. We were there in 2006 so things may have changed since. We stayed overnight in the free cyclists refuge. After cycling in from Llica, I ate two Mondo burgers and later learned that electricity (and therefore refrigeration) on the island is intermittent. The result was violent vomiting in the middle of the night. Prior to that, the island was a great and experiencing sunset there was pretty magical.

Easy hike, possibly accessible by torito from Tupiza. Horseback riding trips are also offered here.

Considered one of the most extreme and remarkable views in all of South America, if not on Earth, Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt desert, spread across more than 4,050 square miles of the Altiplano, left behind by prehistoric lakes that evaporated long ago. Here, a thick crust of salt stretches to the horizon, covered in quilted, polygonal salt patterns rising from the ground. At certain times of the year, nearby lakes overflow their banks and a thin layer of water transforms the plains into a stunning reflection of the sky. This beautiful and otherworldly terrain serves as a lucrative mining site for salt and lithium—the element responsible for powering laptops, smartphones, and electric cars. In addition to the local workers who mine these minerals, the landscape is home to the world's first salt hotel and is populated by tourists. Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/how-to-see-salar-de-uyuni-salt-flats-bolivia

Traditional tools (shovels, wheelbarrows), ovens made of clay (mud mass sometimes mixed with straw), firewood for their operation and motor mills are part of the rustic system of salt processing . Process by which and despite which 25,000 tons of salt are extracted annually. The first step of salt processing is drying, which initially involves the formation of small mounds so that the sun can do its part of the work. At the same time, the extensive areas with these mounds become another tourist attraction of the Salt Desert Route. Then the pre-dried salt is transferred to the wood ovens, where the drying is completed and iodine is added, which has been part of the national health policy since 1986 to prevent diseases such as goiter. and subsequently refined in small mills. Finally, the ground salt must be packaged. Packaging is done manually, followed by fire sealing with kerosene or gas ovens. Generally, this last part of the process is carried out by local women workers. Creativity is also very present, since some locals take part of the salt extracted and let their imagination take over to create handicrafts such as picture frames, jewelry boxes, animals such as llamas, toads and other accessories in which they capture the Andean landscapes. Another way of "commercializing" salt is barter, which consists in exchanging products, such as salt for wool, corn or others. There are records of this activity in Aymara documents since 1612. Although the exchange was greater in the past, today it serves as a complement to the salt trade and allows many families to obtain the food necessary for their subsistence. Source: https://www.salardeuyuni.es/visitas/colchani-y-su-fabrica-de-sal-historia-y-realidad-actual-visitar-colchani-hoy/

The Uyuni Railway Cemetery (Spanish Cementerio de (los) Trenes) on the edge of the Salar de Uyuni salt plain in Bolivia, southwest of the city of Uyuni, a few kilometers from the city center, is considered the largest railway cemetery in the world. In 1872, construction began on the Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia, Bolivia's first railway line. It was used to transport raw materials such as sodium nitrate and other salts, but also metals such as copper, silver and gold, from the mines in the interior of the country to the port cities on the Pacific Ocean. When the railway line reached Uyuni at the end of the 19th century, a railway depot was built in the city. Uyuni developed into an important railway junction. Around the 1940s, the local industry collapsed and most of the precious metal mines were abandoned by the operators. This meant that the supply routes built for this purpose and most of the locomotives and wagons were no longer needed, were shut down and left to decay. There are around 100 locomotives and wagons in total in the railway cemetery, the oldest dating back to the late 19th century. In addition to corrosion (which progresses slowly thanks to the local climate) and the salt from the Salar de Uyuni, local residents also damage the vehicles by using them to obtain scrap metal. Many of the locomotives and wagons have also been covered in graffiti. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenbahnfriedhof_Uyuni

A lonely spot on the windswept Altiplano at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters: The Laguna Colorada not only has a unique location, but also combines all the colors of nature. The deep blue of the sky, the barren brown mountains and, last but not least, the unusual, bright red of the lagoon, which has given the lake the name Laguna Colorada (colored lagoon). Together with the pink flamingos that live here, the Laguna Colorada is a wonderful spectacle of nature that will delight nature lovers. During your visit to the Altiplano, explore the huge, colored salt lake, which stretches for kilometers and creates a dreamlike backdrop that no picture can really capture. Along with the Island of the Sun and the Salar de Uyuni, the Laguna Colorada is one of the most beautiful places on earth that Bolivia has to offer. Source: https://www.skr.de/bolivien-reisen/sehenswuerdigkeiten/laguna-colorada/