Tom's Adventures in South-America: Salt & Sand

The shortest way from A to B is a straight line... (that is what I learned in school)

The nicest way from A to B is a zigzag combined with a loop... (that is what I learned on this travel)

If you would plot my itinerary on the map of South-America, you would see that I have done a nice loop from Northern Argentina through Paraguay and Bolivia to end up again in Chile. Doing my own 'little loop' allowed me to visit a few spectacular places in Bolivia and Chile for which I didn't have/take the time when I was there last December.

All the extra hours on the bus and the extra border-crossings are soon forgotten when I look back at an incredible last two weeks. I crossed the Salar de Uyuni -world's biggest salt flat with out-of-this-world views-, I drove through national park Reserva Eduardo Avaroa at the border between Bolivia and Chile -a great place on the altiplano featuring big lakes, flamingos, vicuñas and llamas, geysers, natural hot springs and all this with a backdrop of massive volcanoes-, I entered Chile via the Atacama desert -the perfect place to watch the stars- and ended up relaxing and wine tasting in colourful Valparaiso -once the most important harbour city in South America (before the Panama Chanel) and now famous for its graffiti street art!

The pictures say more than any words could...

And now it is time for another dream to come true: I am finally heading to Patagonia!!

Stay tuned!

Salar de Uyuni