Poem Review: Salar De Uyuni
THE ROAD TO UYUNI
Praises ring out through the gringo trail for a truly pivotal and acclaimed feather in the cap of any traveller, the mysteriously secluded and deftly unique, salt desert of Uyuni. It’s beauty and ability to amaze around every corner keeps derreires hanging off the edge of seats, cameras glued to faces and saliva dribbling from lips for the full four days. This is why this protected piece of natural wonder sits on such a high pedestal.
We piled into the jeep for an unforgettable journey to the unknown, through dizzying heights, crippling colds, glorious colour and blockbuster scenery. We decided to take a lesser travelled path and start in the wild western, sleepy town of Tupiza and take the four day tour backwards through captivating and desolate landscapes depicting movie sets, and onward to the infamous Salar de Uyuni.
Like many Bolivian habitations, Tupiza sits in a basin surrounded by a jagged skyline of mountain peaks. Saloon doors swung and tumbleweeds blew throughout the quiet and dusty streets engulfed by the rugged, mountainous perimeter. The borderline of peaks surrounding Tupiza are rich with colour, each multicoloured layer of ranges protruding from behind one another creating a dramatic yet placid backdrop for the hidden settlement sat in …show more content…
Our creative juices were in full flow and tested the patience of our guide with our precise and comedic tableau’s. Our ‘piece de resistance’, a toy Dinosaur laying its eggs. But its children were human! If you are struggling to imagine this peculiar vision, please visit my blog www.whereamito.com for the full picture. I will also stake the claim for the first and only Welshman ever to grace the salt flats as naked as the day I was born. As there are no statistics to contradict my claim, I have no choice but to wear the
Praises ring out through the gringo trail for a truly pivotal and acclaimed feather in the cap of any traveller, the mysteriously secluded and deftly unique, salt desert of Uyuni. It’s beauty and ability to amaze around every corner keeps derreires hanging off the edge of seats, cameras glued to faces and saliva dribbling from lips for the full four days. This is why this protected piece of natural wonder sits on such a high pedestal.
We piled into the jeep for an unforgettable journey to the unknown, through dizzying heights, crippling colds, glorious colour and blockbuster scenery. We decided to take a lesser travelled path and start in the wild western, sleepy town of Tupiza and take the four day tour backwards through captivating and desolate landscapes depicting movie sets, and onward to the infamous Salar de Uyuni.
Like many Bolivian habitations, Tupiza sits in a basin surrounded by a jagged skyline of mountain peaks. Saloon doors swung and tumbleweeds blew throughout the quiet and dusty streets engulfed by the rugged, mountainous perimeter. The borderline of peaks surrounding Tupiza are rich with colour, each multicoloured layer of ranges protruding from behind one another creating a dramatic yet placid backdrop for the hidden settlement sat in …show more content…
Our creative juices were in full flow and tested the patience of our guide with our precise and comedic tableau’s. Our ‘piece de resistance’, a toy Dinosaur laying its eggs. But its children were human! If you are struggling to imagine this peculiar vision, please visit my blog www.whereamito.com for the full picture. I will also stake the claim for the first and only Welshman ever to grace the salt flats as naked as the day I was born. As there are no statistics to contradict my claim, I have no choice but to wear the