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| The Train Cemetary, next to Uyuni. Some of them are over 100 years old. Unfortunately, nobody seem to take care of them. |
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| Lamas inthe pampa |
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| A piece of local life |
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| Colchani, at the doors of the Salar. |
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| Salt piles |
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| And here is the Salar |
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| People working in the Salar have to cover their whole body (and wear sunglasses) |
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| Areas where salt has been digged aren't deep at all but show a lot. |
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| Kiki and Mummi :) |
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| Honey, I shrank you ! (Cheri, je t'ai retreci ! - Kulta, kutistin sinut !) |
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| There are two kinds of people in the world, my friend. Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig. (The Good, The Bad And The Ugly) |
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| Our fun trip gang |
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| Note the way they do it, just scraping the surface. |
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| There is more water in this season |
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| This could easily be ice and snow ... |
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| Our footprints :) |
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| Jumping from an small island to another ? |
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| Here you can walk on water, and even skate on it ! |
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| A salt made hotel (this one even has a swimming pool) |
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| Closer look at the walls. Small game: is Netta inside or outside ? |
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| Big Ben ? |
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| Salt sculptures |
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| Tables and chairs in the hotel |
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| More sculptures |
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| When it comes to dryer areas, interesting shapes are drawn by the water on the salt. |
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| Isla Pescado (also named Incawasi : Inca home in Quechua) |
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| This island is famous for its giant cactii. This one seems happy to see us ! |
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| Some cactii are used as pillars for the houses |
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| This one is worried about the coming clouds |
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| This older one is a bit scary :) |
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| Cactus can live long, but they grow only 1cm per year. This one mesures 9m, which means it is ... 900 years old ! |
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| This one died last year :( |
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| Close look on the dead cactus, to see how it is inside |
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| Clouds came quite quickly. I'm sorry I didn't get to shoot the lightening, it was sooo nice to see ! |
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| Now heading south to San Juan for the night. |
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