Left Sucre this morning for Uyuni, a 3 hour leg to Potosi and then 5.5 on to the desolate little pueblo on the edge of the salt flats - our primary destination. Once again we leave a town on the verge of festivities, Sucre was preparing for their anual Festival of the Virgin Guadelupe with several mock parades, fireworks, brass bands practicing and folks dancing in the parks. We thought of staying til the weekend but with each delay Argentina seems further away.... so we travel on.
The roads in Bolivia, or at least south of Cochabamba are bad. When they are improved from rocky dirt routes, they are cobblestone and neither make for a smooth ride on a bus. We have learned to sit toward the front of the bus for the smoothest ride and luckily got seats in the front 3rd on this trip, and as this was a day trip we weren't trying to sleep which would have been as difficult as our last overnighter. Instead we did get to enjoy some nice scenery while bumping south. We are back in llama country and I never tire of seeing herds along side the road grazing. Even as livestock, treated as cattle here, they make the trip more exotic and I wonder what the locals think of our facination with this food source.
We arive in Uyuni after a full day of travel, worn and ready for some food. Although the busses here on long trips stop for bathrooms and food, the choices and time are limited and we usually only snack on travel days - crackers, bread, tangerines, peanuts and lolipops today. Tomorrow we will search out a tour agency to lead us on our 3 day desert junket "Four Gringos, a Cook and a Chaufer" but tonight all I can focus on is beer and some food....Llama Curry and Quinoa, yum!
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