THURSDAY 27th July
Potosi morning and then an afternoon bus to Uyuni.
Lindsey had another bad nights sleep so after breakfast we returned to our room where Lindsey got another 90 minutes sleep and I managed to publish a few more days of blog.
At 11 we ventured out for a walk and some lunch and returned for a one o'clock departure to the bus terminal.
Potosi' main square with the town hall in the background.
Check out the ice cream seller.
At two o'clock our bus departed for Uyuni. The trip was supposed to take about four hours. There were quite a few stops to drop off locals or supplies at incredibly out of the way places and then when we were about thirty minutes from our destination the bus blew a tyre. Luckily it was good weather and traffic was light. It must have taken nearly an hour to change the tyre.
Nearly there. Just a shredded tyre to slow us down.
We arrived in Uyuni in the dark. The bus dropped us off outside the hotel and we checked in. Nice room but central heating was not working and a tiny fan heater was the substitute.
Back downstairs to decide what to do for dinner and the group decided to order pizzas in. Marisol gave us a briefing about the next three days on the salt lakes and Bolivian Altiplano while we waited. She cracked a joke about us heading into the middle of nowhere. The pizzas were excellent considering we were on the edge of the middle of nowhere.
We went off to bed as soon as the food was demolished as we were drained from the bus trip.
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