The salts fields of Bolivia or Salar de Uyuni, is a shallow basin of reflective water sought after by many tourists and photographers.
After numerous days of 10 hour drives, we finally arrived at the salt fields of Bolivia or Salar de Uyuni. We started our journey in northern Chile and had driven on many miles of dusty roads and crossed mountains over 16,000 feet. We had been taking medications to minimize the effects of high altitude. However, by this time most of us had either experienced food poisoning or altitude sickness. I was down a day from dehydration. We were dead tired from photographing stars through the cold mountain air and then driving for hours through mud hut towns to our next destination. Now the fun was about to get into high gear….
