Tupiza to Uyuni (Salt Flats)

Hello, I went to the planet where the documentary 'Star Wars'® was filmed. 

                                            
                                                        Here is where the sand people live.

A quick taster:

Distant llamas!

'Arbol de Piedra' Tree of Stone. Weathered to this shape by winds over 100kmph

The second flamingo from the left is not trying to fly, they're actuall playing leap frog. Did you know flamingos are pink because of a red algae they eat?

It is actually illegal for flamingos to fly, there are huge fines. The one on the left is being a dick.

Once in 2005 a tourist fed them blue M&Ms® and a whole flock of flamingos turned purple. For 3 years it was illegal to bring in blue M&Ms® into the country for this reason, until it was realised that the entire year of 2005 was just really cold here and flamingos turn purple instead of blue when they are supremely cold because of their pink pigment mixing with the blueness of near death.

Wild vicuñas.

QUINOA OH MIGHTY PLANT FOOD GODDESS

Right next to these salt flats in seemingly desolate land, they grow quinoa. The truck in the background is sorting the plants into manageable portions.

The wind blows away the light unecessary stalks away while the heavier grains hit the ground. 

This man is carrying the stalks away. They are slowly burned to make an ash augmenter of the coca plant when chewed. 

This hotel was made of salt blocks. Cool fun!

This is an island in the middle of the salt flats. It is called "La Isla Incahuasi"  

  Facebook® should be sued by this company. Can you guess why? They make toilets, where shit goes. Just like Facebook®.

Salt crystal.

This is my Swedish friend August. His brother September is never far behind.  

                           
This is a really huge bottle of hand sanitiser, I had to run ages back to make it look small.

In case you were wondering how this incredulous shots were made, here is an insight. 

It's a Small World