Uyuni Tour Day 2, Laguna Colorada to Jubica, Bolivia

In the night, a few of us were suffering from the altitude and the previous day's exertion, not to mention the cold, so little sleep was forthcoming. An early start to day two, breakfast at 0730, then promptly back into the Landcruiser and on towards our first stop for the day, the Stone Tree in the aptly named Dali Desert. Here, lonely rocks formed a surreal landscape with the surrounding sands.

Back on the road, if it can be called a road...

...until we arrived at yet another altiplanic lake. Here we were lucky to spot an andean fox (not caught on camera, but our driver had a good go at chasing it in the Landcruiser), and more flamingos. Other than that we'd only seen a few vicuña llamas on the way.

After a brief stop at the lake, we continued our journey, stopping for a picnic lunch, where we finally decided it was a good idea to drink the wine that I'd been carting around with me for the last few days. Then onwards again, arriving at an abandoned village, now an army outpost at the side of a railway where we were duly inspected, told not to take photos, and to get on our way.

Our final destination of the day was the tiny village of Jubica, home to a slightly more "luxury" hotel owned by our tour operator, Colque. Jubica is situated right on the edge of the Uyuni salt flats, mountains could be seen rising in the distance at the other side of the "salar", some 100km away.