[Posted October 14, 2018]
Wow. Wow. WOW! Check this out y’all!
So we’ve wrapped up what’s been an absolutely epic episode shoot down here in beautiful Bolivia, and we can very sincerely say that this is one of our favorite adventures of all time. And Bolivia is without a doubt one of our favorite countries anywhere in the world. We have had the most amazing time down here!
It’s been such a successful shoot in fact, that y’all can expect to see TWO full back-to-back episodes from Bolivia in season three, because there’s no freaking way we can tell the story of this place in just one. And we think y’all are gonna go wild for it! We can’t wait for you to see it all!
If you haven’t seen ’em already, check out our post from the other day with the photos from the first part of our trip. And then check out these new ones. And hopefully you’ll get a sense of what an incredibly beautiful, beautiful place this is!
But our adventure down here in South America ain’t quite over yet. We’re in Ecudaor now, and tomorrow we’re headed back to another one of the world’s most spectacular places: the Galapagos Islands! So we may be off the grid again for a spell, but we’ll dang sure share the details when we get back. Gonna be an amazing trip!
Cheers y’all! Thanks as always for keepin’ us company out here, and hope you and yours are well. (And staying warm!)
Much love from the road! See y’all on the flip side!
Jumping for joy on the spectacular Salar de Uyuni in southern Bolivia. It’s the world’s largest salt flat and is absolutely mind-blowing!
Welcome to the Salar de Uyuni!
Taking a break from filming on the salar, while our guides set up for lunch in the background.
Isn’t this just CRAZY?!
Out here on the salar you can have a ton of fun playing with the naturally distorted depth perception, which makes for some crazy cool fun pictures!
Awwww. She loves that little guy!
Anyone care for a Bolivian cerveza? All you can drink! LOL
This is not photoshopped in any way. A drone shot we got of our Land Cruiser where we set up for lunch on the salar. Zoom in on the dot! See us down there?
One of the coolest picnics we’ve ever had!
Howdy y’all! On the Salar de Uyuni.
Hope he doesn’t fall in! (Although he wouldn’t mind LOL)
Objects on the salar may be larger than they appear.
Bought a $2 toy dinosaur at a toy shop in the nearby town of Uyuni. Worth every penny!
Driving across the vast, blinding blank canvas that is the salar.
The salar used to be the site of several large prehistoric salty lakes, which eventually dried up leaving this crazy, vast, mind-numbing expanse of pure salt.
Cheese! With our driver Daniel and our guide Ezekiel.
Drone shot of one of the few actual structures anywhere on the salar. It used to be a hotel but now it’s just a kind of stopping place for travelers. And yes, it’s made almost entirely of salt itself.
About the only color you’ll find out here in the sea of blinding white! Folks come here from around the world to plant their flags. And of course we forgot to bring one. Dang it!
Howdy from the Salar de Uyuni!
This place is a photographer’s heaven on earth. Unbelievable.
Yep. There are islands out here in this sea of salt! And like most of them, Inca Huasi Island is covered with rocks and shrubs and huge cactus.
The view from Inca Huasi Island. Notice how the salt looks like waves rolling in? Craziness!
Cactus-covered Inca Huasi Island.
Cheers from atop Inca Huasi Island!
….and the light begins to dance across the salar…
…as the sun begins to set over the endless horizon.
Ended the day on the salar with a bottle of Bolivian wine at sunset. What an incredible place!
Making new friends in the town of Colchani, on the edge of the Salar. 🙂 🙂 🙂
This is where we stayed! The Hotel Luna Salada. And, yes – it’s make almost entirely of salt! Hold the camera while we taste the walls. LOL
The famous “Train Cemetery” just off the salar, near the town of Uyuni.
A popular spot for travelers! You can wander atop and inside all of these rusted old locomotives and train cars. At your own risk of course. Super cool!
Yep! <3
Aerial shot of the town of Uyuni.
A couple of our favorite people in the world! Chris and Sussy run a little joint called Minuteman Pizza in Uyuni. We first met them when we came through here eleven years ago and it was so awesome to see them again! And yes – this is hands down our favorite pizza place on earth. Hope y’all get to go sometime! — with Minuteman Revolutionary Pizza.
After leaving the salar we made our way to the crazy cool capital city of Bolivia: beautiful La Paz!
Had lunch at a little place overlooking La Paz, which itself is one of the highest cities in the world, at almost 12,000 feet!
This is the very cool and very modern public transportation system in La Paz! And these telefericos also provide the BEST way to get spectacular views of this city. Great way to spend the day!
Smile! LOL
From the plane. Flying over the Amazon from Rurrenabaque to La Paz.
Yep. This is how you get on/off the plane at Rurrenabaque. Different for sure!
The airport in Rurrenabaque.
Made it!
Made some precious new friends at a little restaurant in Rurrenabaque! We were all escaping a torrential rainstorm and we ducked into this place for a bite. Sweet kiddos! Love those faces!
And then – time to leave Rurrenabaque on board a wooden boat for a SIX HOUR ride deep into the Amazon.
We traveled along the Beni River (below) and made our way up the Tuichi River (above) toward a place called the Chalalan Lodge.
One of the typical boats (like ours) that run the rivers in this part of Bolivia. Pretty comfy really! But after six hours….. well….
Beautiful day for a boat ride!
Aerial shot of the Chalalan Lodge, deep in the Bolivian jungle. See the lodge there at the very edge of Chalalan Lake?
Our jungle home at Chalalan. Love it!
Our cabana at Chalalan. Complete with mosquito net! Good thing too. The bugs were THICK.
This little (ahem) guy kept us company inside our bathroom at Chalalan. Ain’t he cute?
The dock on Chalalan Lake.
It’s true! Nik caught the largest yellow-bellied piranha ever caught on Chalalan Lake!! The guides were going out of their minds at the sight of this thing!
Teeth for days. Careful!
The proud new record holder, with our guide Ovidio. Muchas gracias amigo!
Hiking through the rain forest, looking for trouble. And…
…found it! Hello, mister caiman!
Lots and lots of cool things lurking out in the forest, both by day…
…and by night. Ain’t he the coolest?
Ssssssssssleep tight y’all!
