After breakfast at 7am we loaded the cars and headed off on the adventure for day 2. This was a day of visiting more lakes and rock formations. Clearly the area has been subject to a great deal of volcanic activity over past millennia and the shapes of the volcanoes are clear to see.
This has also resulted in a range of rock formations, presumably thrown up by various eruptions and due to the nature of the rocks, they have been subjected to wind, ice and rain and have eroded into many wondrous shapes.
This was followed by a visit to a massively deep canyon (more rocks – but impressive in dimensions) and a gentle stroll back to the cars through a heard of Llamas grazing peacefully on what green vegetation there was.
After lunch we headed off for more lake viewing and photo opportunities prior to arriving at the Hotel de Sal. Although this was in the middle of nowhere, it was comfortably warm when we arrived to the usual tea and biscuits. The rooms were comfortable, even though the showers were still a bit of a lottery. Here the internet did work, although you had to stay in the dining room to be able to use it. Although it was slow, it was sufficient to pick up and send any messages that anyone needed to catch up on since we left San Pedro.
Dinner was – yes you guessed it – vegetable soup, this time followed by roast chicken and fried plantain. A bottle of Bolivian red wine was provided, which was really rather good. Although certainly not grown anywhere near where we have travelled these past few days. Apart from herding llamas we only saw very minimal cultivation of quinoa – perhaps waiting for the rains to come to encourage it to grow.
It was early beds, as we were up at 4.30am for a 5am depart in order to be at the salt lake in time for ‘la madrugada’ the dawn.
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