I went to Uyuni salt lake for 40 hours from Japan

Speaking of Uyuni salt lake, it is famous for "mirrors" where water collects on the surface of the lake and reflects the sky in the rainy season, but including the road from Japan to Uyuni, the rainy season of Uyuni Salt Lake from 2014 I will deliver it.

Everyone long time no see.World newspaperIt is Matsuzaki Atsushi of the desk. I will write in GIGAZINE, two years agoAround the World Backpackers - Once in a year these adventures were waitingIt will be since then.

I am now in BoliviaUyuni salt lakeI am in. In order to cover the Uyuni salt lake in the rainy season (December to March), I dared to go to the back side of the earth.

This is the route. The red mark is Uyuni, the blue mark is the stopover, the red line is the only land route (yellow line is the air route). It was a long trip for 40 hours with Japan → Mexico City → Lima → Santa Cruz → La Paz → Uyuni.

On a larger mapJapan → UyuniShow

Flight tickets are backpacker wiseSkyscannerIt took with. I searched in various sites,Aeromexico+LunchIt was the cheapest that it was about 200,000 yen round trip with.


My son and my daughter-in-law went to see me three month old.


When arriving at Narita Airport, the Aeromégico counter had a long line, despite 3 hours before departure. It seemed that there were many tourists mainly to South America.


I made a cup of coffee with the last Japanese food saying "I can not eat it in Bolivia the best."


15:25 on January 25th. It is time to start!


I was hoping for a delicious Mexican because of Aeroméco and it came out sukiyaki. The taste ... ... I can not deny that I have been depressed by my nose.


Arrived in Mexico City in about 13 hours. Even though it was a transit at Mexico City, entry was necessary, but Japanese are safe because visa is exempted.


I came overseas ... It was the moment I thought.


Next to Lantil Airlines to Lima. Lunch is an airline with many opportunities to use when traveling in South America.


Arrived in Lima, Peru's capital in about six hours.


Finally, I will enter Bolivia. Before La Paz, we will pass through the second city Santa Cruz (no descent).


It is 5:35 on January 26th. Arrived to El Puerto International Airport in La Paz. By the way, this is the highest altitude (4061 m) international airport in the world.


I was scolded by altitude sickness, but thanks to taking the preventive medicine diamond, I am quite happy.Shinagawa's travel clinic to seek prescriptionI am posting it in the world newspaper.


Bolivia is a country with a large proportion of indigenous people, especially among South American countries.


La Paas' security is not good for flattering. I also got involved in a night-old man with a dandelion style.


Take a day off at La Paz and head for Uyuni with a night bus. When entering Bolivia directly from Japan it is recommended to formulate an itinerary with a margin as measures against altitude sickness.


The seat is about 2,500 yen in type that almost falls flat like this (called CAMA), the summary is 12 hours to Uyuni. However, the morning bus stops moving ...


There is a traffic jam in the front ......


The cause seems to be far from here. Go walking and seeing ......


Barricades!


Anything, people in the city of Uyuni told the government that they strike to improve their lives. However, there is absolutely no air.


After all, I took down the bus and decided to walk for the remaining several kilometers. And it takes about 40 hours from Japan ......


Arrived in the city of Uyuni. Not limited to this one case, buses between La Paz and Uyuni are seriously delayed, so please be careful as there is a possibility of being closed.


Quickly, charter the car with a tour company named "Hotaka" of the Japanese wishes, to Salt Lake! Uyuni at this time is overflowing with Japanese people and individuals can participate in the tour on the day. Charter fee is about 1400 yen per person.


The beginning of salt lake is like this. The place near the shore is a lot of water and the surface of the lake is dirty, so you can not see the mirror stretch.


The conditions under which the mirror finish can be seen are as follows.

· Rainy season (December ~ March) * If it rains except at the left, it seems that the mirror stretching is seen
· Wind is not strong
· Water is stretched (there was a case where the rain did not rain for about 3 days while the desk was staying, so it could not be seen mirror)

So please enjoy the image of Uyuni Salt Lake in the rainy season of 2014.

· Mirrored in the daytime
As you move away from the shore, the depth of water will become shallow and mirrored appear. I went to Salt Lake six times in total, but the condition of the mirror finish of this day was "the best".





A statue of Dakar Rally 2014 was built. Of course it is made of salt.


"UYUNI" with human character on the lake side


The salt crystallizes and the lake surface looks like this.


The car moves slowly through the mirror finish



From the car


From the roof


On Uyuni salt lake, mysterious clouds will appear one by one as you can not see in Japan. Without clouds, mirroring will be something weird. It can be said that the cloud is the name of a mirror-finding.








I fall into an illusion that he is walking in the clouds without exaggeration.




Two suns are unique to Uyuni salt lake.


In this time, we made various stupid projects at Uyuni Salt Lake in the world newspaper.

Purify Uyuni's salt to make rice balls and eat... ....


Try experimenting to see whether you can peep at a skirt with a mirror... ....


Try Butterfly......


· Mirror of sunset
There were few clouds on this day, and it was a calm sunset.




In the depths of the clouds are the mountains


Walking through the mirror in this way, is this really the earth? I want to doubt.



You can see that the clouds are slightly dyed in pink.


Try playing with a ripple.


Wind came out from the way and the mirror finished disappeared, but instead a band of light appeared. I do not know what kind of expression I can show unless I go. It is one of the attractions of Uyuni salt lake.


The following is a sunset on another day. When the clouds of the sunset are few, gently. If there are many, it will show a fiery look like this day.



The speed of the change of the sunset is fast, I change the expression every moment,


Two suns will sink and go.


Uyuni salt lake was exactly "superb view" worth going to see the back of the earth in 40 hours.

Sentence: Atsushi Matsuzaki
Photo: Atsushi Matsuzaki, Kizuki Bansho, Sato
Supervision: World newspaper
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