Images from Bolivia, Page-3

We ended our Ununi Salt Flat trip on the salt flats themselves, known in Bolivia as Salar de Uyuni. Th salt flats are amazing, covered by a couple of inches of water when we visited which reflected the sky and anything above the water. The salt flats were an amazing sight!
After Uyuni we headed to Potosi so that we could head underground and visit the famous Cerro Rico mines. These are mines that are still mined by thousands of miners using methods that the West haven't used for centuries! It was a memorable experience crawling undergound in the dark confines of the mine.

A young girl on her way home from school in a small vilage we stop at on the 3rd day of the Uyuni Salt Flat tripSchool kids
The church bells against a deep blue skyRunning repairs, this time for a flat tyre!
More running repairs on the 4th day for engine troubleCrossing the Uyuni Salt Flats in just a couple of inches of water
Salt piled up ready for collectionPiles of salt on the Uyuni Salt Flats
Salt reflecting in the water, Uyuni Salt FlatsLooking into the distance all you can see is the reflective water covered salt and sky!
A rusting steam train just outside UyuniBuying coca leaves and cigarettes for the miners of Cerro Rico mines, Potosi
Looking down on Potosi from the minesA young boy between the mining carts
Our guide and one of the older minersSome of the runners pushing a cart back into the mine
Working by lamp light deep undergroundTwo miners filling a bucket to be hauled to the surface
The tunnel leading to the outside world!An explosion that made me jump, causing camera shake!

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