{"id":361,"date":"2011-02-15T22:23:14","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T03:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/2011\/02\/flamingos-do-exist-in-the-wild"},"modified":"2011-02-22T11:29:09","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T16:29:09","slug":"flamingos-do-exist-in-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/2011\/02\/flamingos-do-exist-in-the-wild","title":{"rendered":"Flamingos Do Exist in the Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, February 15th-<\/p>\n

This morning we toured the Salar de Atacama (world’s third largest salt flat, after Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni and Utah’s Great Salt Lake) and a few high-altitude lakes. Epic photos below. The rest of the day was spent recovering from the oppression of waking up at 6am. Also: eating incredible veggie burgers (the best we’ve found in South America).<\/p>\n

The flamingos eat the krill which eat the minerals produced by the endless volcanic activity in the region.<\/p>\n

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Benji and Lani chatted up a group of university students from Concepcion (in central Chile) who were on our tour. Great to see those Spanish classes put to use!<\/p>\n

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Forgot to mention: in the restaurant adjacent to the wonderful veggie burger joint, they served a dish (Chori..something??) that consisted of a pile of french fries covered by diced beef, chicken, pork, and sausage, onion, and a fried egg. The meat fanatics of the group rejoiced.<\/p>\n

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