Places: Postcards: South: uyuni_hotsprings

I did not know that this landscape, tucked away in southwest Bolivia, existed until 2007. I came across the hexagonal plains while leafing through a friend's travel photos of his escapades throughout South America. {quote}What's THAT?{quote} I pointed to a photo of blue and white expanse. All I wanted to do was bound across it. {quote}The Salar de Uyuni. Bolivia's salt flats{quote} Eight months later I was there. This image of the remote Salar de Uyuni and surrounding landscapes that are within a day's drive of it, is a place where flamingoes thrive at 4,000 meters above sea level, nary a human in sight.
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I did not know that this landscape, tucked away in southwest Bolivia, existed until 2007. I came across the hexagonal plains while leafing through a friend's travel photos of his escapades throughout South America. 

"What's THAT?" I pointed to a photo of blue and white expanse. All I wanted to do was bound across it.  

"The Salar de Uyuni. Bolivia's salt flats"  

Eight months later I was there.  

This image of the remote Salar de Uyuni and surrounding landscapes that are within a day's drive of it, is a place where flamingoes thrive at 4,000 meters above sea level, nary a human in sight.