One of the highlights of our trip so far has been the trip we took around the south west corner of Bolivia from the rocky wilderness of Tupiza to the Salar de Uyuni saltflats. We went through some of the most amazing scenery I have seen - snow capped mountains, golden deserts, lush oasis', bubbling mud geysers, smoking volcanoes, lagoons of green, white and even red, and wildlife - llamas, condors, flamngoes and chinchillas.
The salt flats of Uyuni are huge, covering an area of 2000 square km. Salt is manufactured from the salt flats, dried and packagedup for household use. Many of the buildings are built using solid salt bricks. This was one of the most unusual places we ate dinner!
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| Dining in the Salt hotel |
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| No soft carpets in this hotel! |
Porfidia's Queque de Naranja
On this trip we spent 4 days with Friederike and Emily (from Germany and Australia), our guide Segundino and wonderful cook Porfedia. Porfedia fed us so well, conjuring up all sorts of goodies in the middle of the desert! The highlight of which was breakfast on our last morning, at the Island Huas (Isla del Pescado),
Porfedia had magically prepared us a beautiful heart shaped cake!!
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| Porfedia had magically prepared us a beautiful heart shaped cake!! |
Recipe for Porfidia's Queque de Naranja (Orange cake)
1/2 kg Self raising flour
6 eggs
teaspoons of sugar
2 teaspoons of oil
orange juice and zest from 1 orange
Mix together in a bowl, then pour into tin and bake on low oven (150) for about 20 - 25 minutes.
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| What a setting for breakfast! |
Part of our staple diet in South America
Inca Kola
Our favourite South American sweet - Sublime bars
Porfedia - our favourite Bolivian cook!
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