Shivering in A Dali Wonderland

....Uyuni, a stinking desert town full of dust and a cutting wind that makes your timbers shiver. There is no reason imaginable to visit this place unless you have relatives there. It is the surrounding area that people come for. Salar De Uyuni or the Salt Flats. A truly remarkable natural occurence at 3800metres. As the jeep pulled out from the dusty centre of Uyuni we headed firstly towards a Train graveyard. A showdown was had on top of rusting wrecks and dilapidated carrages, hopefully photos will follow. Then came the Salt Flats themselves. They are pretty strange. Hexagonal shapes etch out in the salt to the horizon. It is cold enough to feel like snow and look too. A caravan of jeeps paraded through the flasts to IncaHuasi.(Isla Del Pescaderos) This is an amazing sight. An island in the salt with huge cacti striking up menacingly. I climbed to the peak to be met with a stunning view. Salt everywhere but for this island..f+cking nuts..........
Driver .- Un momento.
ME- I dont think they have sorted out accomodation.
Driver- Vamos.
A dark forbodding came over me. A door to a shed swung open as an icy gale blew through a plastic sheet roof and holes in the windows. Seven concrete beds lay before us with u shaped mattresses.
Driver- Sin electricidad y duche.
Me- So we will be cold , dirty and smelly. But on the plus side we won{t be able to see each other.
..........What the fuck? They are mad looking. All thats missing is a dripping clock man. This place is fucked up. Its like Mars over there and the moon over there. Look at the mountain top. Its got 6 colours. Fucking nuts....my reaction to the Dali rocks.
........A little tip to all. When visiting geysers in a lunar landscape never no matter how cold you get, go into the steam of the geysers without an oxygen mask. The sulphur and methane is overwhelming and a great way to get sick. This place was the coldest I have ever been.......
...Lagoona Verde marked the goodbyes between Rich, lisa, Sabine and me. But what a crazy place. The jeep struggled up a hill around what looked like a white lake. I thought it was impressive full of icy goodness and nothing much else. Upon reaching the crest of the hill a sight caught my eye . A green lake. Not slightly green, green. Nestled beneath a perfect cone mountain with ice cap. I thought this was nuts. After the guys went to Chile I headed back with the driver for what I thought was a tortuous trip back to Uyuni. Then we stopped at Lagoona Colorado. This lake was completely pink. Not kind of pink, pink. It was like watched a big pool of strawberry milkshake. Nuts. Flamingoes and all.....
There was more to this three day trip. But the best way to see how nuts it is, is to go there. Bizarre.
...A question, Why are flamingoes associated with hot climates? The ones I saw live at -25 degrees in the winter.