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Så har vi lidt at fortælle om vores tur til Bolivia, som tog os igennem San Pedro og Uyuni ørkenen. Det var nok en af de smukkeste rejser vi havde været på. De syn der mødte os var ubeskrivelige - det var naturen fra én af sine bedste sider. Sammen med os, fulgte Team Canada, så vi vidste, at det kun kunne blive en succesfuld tur :).
På vores vej så vi bl.a. adskillige laguner, herunder en hvid (farven, pga. et bestemt metal, som oxiderer og blir hvidt), en grøn (pga. oxidationen af kobber), den røde (pga. mikroskopiske organismer, som indeholder caroten, som giver dem farven rød og hvorfor netop flamingoerne, som holdt til denne lagune, er lyserøde) og til sidst den sorte (pga. noget bestemt plankton, som gjorde den mørk). Derudover så vi på gejsere og forskellige sten formationer. Sidstnævnte var fantastisk, idet de virkelig tog form som enten træer eller dyr. Det var det, som underholdte os de første 2 dage.
Den 3. og sidste dag gik med at køre ud og se en 'tog kirkegård', hvor vi så mange gamle tog fra bl.a. 1800 og starten af 1900 tallet. Kort sagt var det en masse rustne antikviteter placeret midt ude i ørkenen. Dagen sluttede af med turens højdepunkt, nemlig den berømte og største saltørken i verden. Alt omkring os var hvidt, kridhvidt! Det var absolut det fedeste syn, EVER!!! Her kom der lidt 'japaner gejst' over os, idet vi tog tonsvis af billeder. Netop også af den årsag at man kunne manipulere med den optiske sans (jf. album).
Alt i alt var det en super tur. Den eneste ulempe var, at vi begge blev ramt hårdt af højdesyge og det gjorde, at sidst på 2. dagen var et fysisk helvede for Melanie, mens Rikki 'nød' af det tidligt på 3. dagen. Så vi har lært, at højder ik er vores force og vi klart begge er strandløver ;).
Så vores råd til jer er pas på højder over 4400 m og ellers tænk på os i ny og næ, for I er alle i vores tanker.
Knus R&M
So here's some info on our trip to Bolivia, which took us through the Desert of San Pedro and Uyuni. First of we have to say that it was definitely one of the most beautiful journeys we have been on. The sights we encountered along the way were indescribable - one of Mother Natures best creations. Besides us, we had Team Canada tag along, which we knew only could lead to a successful trip. :).
On our trip we visited many lagoons. One was white (due to the result of a metal eroding), another was green (due to the oxidation of copper), the third was red (due to tons of cril, who contain caroten, which gives them their red color - this is also why the flamingos are pink) and the last one being black (due to the darkness from the plankton). In addition to this we also saw geysers and several rock formations. The latter was amazing, because they really took shape as trees and varies of animals. So this is what entertained and took our breath away the first two days.
The 3rd and last day was spent going out and visiting an old 'train cemetery', where several trains from the 18th and beginning of 19th century were dumped. To sum up it was a bunch of rusty antiques placed in the middle of the desert. The day ended with the highlight of the trip, the visit to the biggest salt desert in the world. We were surrounded by whiteness everywhere. It was such a phenomenal sight!! So we caught some 'Japanese fever' and started taking tons of pictures, not only due to the beauty of the place, but because of the optical manipulation you could utilize (ref. album).
Anyway, it was a fabulous trip. To pinpoint one bad thing, it would be that we both got hit hard with altitude sickness, me on the 2nd day and Rikki on the 3rd day. So we have learned and taken from this experience that altitude is not our friend. We are both definitely beach bums ;).
So our advice to you is avoid high altitudes (above 4400 m) and have us in your thoughts now and again, because you are all in ours.
Hugs from R&M
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