The Beautiful Desolation of Southern Bolivia: Potosi Region and Uyuni Salt Flat and a hotel made of salt

As the smooth paved highway turns into a rough gravelly road pocked with potholes, Northern Chile becomes Southern Bolivia. Striated, multi-colored mountains loom in the distance, and short clumps of paja brava grass and quinoa plants dot the sandy soil. Llamas and vicunas glide across the arid landscape, and vizcachas, small rabbit-like rodents, hide in rocky crevices.