Some places on this planet are stranger than words can describe. The only things that come to mind are 'otherworldly' and, similarly, 'alien.' We spend our lives in places we consider 'normal,' sometimes pondering the environmental possibilities outside of this definition. Three days in the highlands of southwest Bolivia have reminded me that strange and strikingly beautiful can be synonymous. As there is no way for me to properly spell out what it feels like to be surrounded by this astounding landscape, I will provide more pictures than words. At some points we were in a seemingly endless desert, sometimes staring at volcanoes from what might as well have been the surface of Mars. Overall, our journey from the salt flats of Uyuni to the edge of the Chilean Andes left us almost burned out on sightseeing, as we were so incredibly overwhelmed by what exists at the furthest extent of one of the highest lands on Earth.
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