A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia by TravelPod blogger Youngtravellers titled "Salt, salt everywhere" Youngtravellers's travel blog entry: "We arrived in Uyuni at 1:30 am after what was possibly the bumpiest bus ride of all time. I slept and Travis ate a chocolate bar. Pretty much the moment we got off the bus Andrea, our friendly, predatory tour operator pounced on us with an offer for the three day, two night trip out onto the Uyuni Salar (salt flat). All we wanted to do was sleep. She said she would take us to a nice hotel with hot water, but first we had to go to her office. Another guy accompanied us and we all three listened to the sales pitch. When we bought the bus ticket we figured we would spend the day in Uyuni relaxing and shopping around for the best tour option. This was in part because we didn't think we could get a tour for the morning. Here was our opportunity. We debated whether or not to go for it (the price wasn't bad, but it wasn't spectacular, and Travis really doesn't like off-the-cuff decisions) - apparently I was really not helpful in the debate. I said it probably wasn't the wisest decision, but I didn't think it was a bad one. There were absolutely ridiculous testimonials by other tourists plastered all over the walls. Poetry, really? All the while the other guy laughed at us. We finally decided to go for it but told her we'd pay in the morning and we wanted to go to bed. So she took us across the ...
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