Salt Hotel

Where as the hostel in which the tourists stay the first night is not even mentioned in the sales pitch for these tours, the second nights stay is advertised as one of the attractions. It is a hotel made out of salt.

This place was a lot nicer than the the place we stayed the night before. The people who hosted and cooked for us were friendlier and also much cleaner.

Here Sita is sprawled across the bed enjoying a short rest before we journeyed out to see the area before it became dark. She didn't get to rest that long because I was really excited to go and visit the Quinoa field I featured in the last post.



The beds were similar to the beds the night before with a futon sitting atop a hard surface which in this case was, salt, of course.I think in the process of making the bricks the other minerals settle into these brown lines which are prevalent in all of the salt bricks.
The hallway. We were able to stay in our own room this night and somehow we were the only group that stayed at this hotel that night. It was quite and nice. Notice the floor is even comprised of salt. The Canadian and I agreed that while this was aesthetically pleasing it was impractical as the grains of salt would enter you're shoes or stick to your feet if you were barefoot, plus there was already evidence that they were having a hard time keeping it clean of debris.
The stairs leading up to the Salt Hotel highlighted by cactus skeletons.
A view from the outside.


The Bolivian Flag.


The hills behind the salt hotel.
This is Sita enjoying the vast open space which leads to the Salar de Uyuni (the largest salt flat in the world).