Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is a very unusual place: the world's largest salt flat (Salar means "salt flat" in Spanish [remember to stress the ending: salár]). Here you can see over 10,000 square kilometers of almost perfectly flat land (periodic rain keeps it from becoming less flat).
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| Panoramic view of the Salar, CC-BY Martin St-Amant |
Not far from Salar de Uyuni, there is an antique [an antique is old and valuable] train cemetery:
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| Cimetière de Trains 1 ["Train Cemetery" in French]--CC-BY Martin St-Amant |
Reflections of Uyuni is a Vimeo.com "Staff Pick," a visual treat with music to match:
Reflections from Uyuni from Enrique Pacheco on Vimeo.
The video below gives us a different look [Descubriendo means "discovering" in Spanish]
DESCUBRIENDO BOLIVIA from Old Port Films on Vimeo.
Alex Chacon travels through the world's largest salt flat.
[Below: In Spanish] Don Alfredo lives on the island of Inkawasi, located in the middle of Salar de Uyuni, an island covered with cactus. Don Alfredo tells us that the fruit of the cactus tastes much better thank other fruits. He misses the old days when everything wasn't so modern:
[A paseo is a relaxing walk]
Paseo con Don Alfredo en el Salar de Uyuni from Kei on Vimeo.
Wikipedia gives us more details (Salar de Uyuni; 烏尤尼鹽沼)
What a cool place! Would you like to go take a look?
I've never know such the biggest salt flat before! The pictures all look amazing, and the picture of Salar de Uyuni viewed from space is beautiful. ( I check on the Wikeipedia)
ReplyDeleteBut, I don't want to go take a look. Cuz the climate is too dry for me.
Yes, it's pretty dry and maybe a little boring for some people. It might be interesting for people who like very old, rusty trains or unusual desert plants and animals.
ReplyDeleteBTW, "I never knew there was such a big salt flat before!" is a better way to say it.
Thank you very much... It was such a surprise to see our video in your blog... I'm now going back to the Andes and will capture deeply the life of the Incas, their landscapes, legends, myths, music and culture... I'll also try to provide you with the english subtitles, as soon as possible. Best wishes for you all of you in Taiwan, Kei.
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