Twilight Russian in winter is unbearable I want to be at the equator or in the southern hemisphere, where the summer reigns these days!
Three years ago, I went to the sun in Bolivia and was not disappointed - the country turned out to be one of the most beautiful things that I happened to see!
The main goal of my journey was the highland (3650 m) Solonchak Uyuni. 40 thousand years ago, a salty lake was splashed in his place. I exhausted, it turned into a gigantic snow-white plain.
Alpine Solonchak Uyuni in Bolivia
Photo: Personal archive
Solonchak attracts crazy tourists like me, who are ready to fly away half of the globe, so that in the rainy season to think and run along a huge salty puddle, staying in complete confidence that they are kidding in the clouds.
But for the locals, despite the fact that Solonchak remains the main breadwinner, and the salt is the main thing about income, he and the main love. When, under the colossal deposits of salt, no less impressive fields of Lithium were found - according to the forecasts of scientists, the richest on the planet - the locals were opposed to developments.
"In the rainy season, you can think about the rainy and run on a huge salty puddle, staying in full confidence that you are smiling in the clouds"
Photo: Personal archive
However, they are opposed to all global industrialization, seeing competitors in it, continuing to produce salt by hand under the groaning sun, raking it with shovels in "Sugarbiki" with a teenager and removing minippers into home-grown salmon.
Certain income brings tourism - in the town of the same name, exotic hotels from bricks compress from salt are built in the eponymous town of Uin. I stayed in this.
Very comfortable, you will never guess that bricks and salt furniture, and instead of fastering their cement - salt solution.
Nina Shatskaya
Photo: Personal archive
As for the city itself, he is very similar to Afghan Aules. The same low-rise, unpleasant or paved by stone, streets, in the evenings, terrible wind chases between the rows of souvenir shops of dust clubs. In the mornings on the central street, if you're lucky, you can catch a motley fragrant of spices and wonderful fruit market, striking the choice of a glittle size of vegetables ...
I drove in a dense twilight, with hurricane wind and shower. All night tossed, fearing that the rain will not end and in the morning will not allow to see the snow-white smooth. But with dawn it became clear that the storm was smaller.
"Salt is assembled in" Sugarbits "with a teenager and removing minippers in home-grown salmon"
Photo: Personal archive
Halfney I am worn by ankle in the water, not finding your strength to leave the place of incredible strength, and paid for my frivolity! Repeatedly notified that it is necessary to thickly lubricate the open parts of the body with a cream from sunburn, I absolutely did not think about my head! Runing all day without a headdress, in the evening for the first time in my life felt that the skin was burned under the hair!
And also, returning to the hotel and accepting the souls, discovered that after a few hours spent in the grooved and impregnated with a salt of ballet shoes, I have an ideal pedicure - just children's heels!