From: Gim Ong <gimcong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: September 20, 2021 2:28 PM
Subject: Fw: Pass the salt please
The Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat at 4,086 square miIes
and it is a major tourist destination in the South American country of
Bolivia.
The Salar is virtually devoid of any wild life or vegetation, but it is home
to an estimated 10 billion tons of salt.
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But what is no less incredible, is where people who visit this amazing place
stay, and how does one build something in the middle of the vast emptiness.
The answer is quite remarkable......
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Anyone arriving to visit this exotic part of the world is in for a real
treat and a stay in one of the world's most unique hotel experiences.
Due to a lack of conventional construction materials in this area, many of
the hotels here are built entirely with salt blocks cut from the Salar
itself.
The most famous one is called Palacio-de-Sal.
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That is not water, the salt flats are shiny and reflective.
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The hotel is made of about 1 million 14-inch salt blocks, which were used
for the floor, walls, ceiling and furniture, including the beds, tables,
chairs and sculptures.
The hotel even has a dry sauna and a steam room, a saltwater pool and
whirlpool baths for guests to relax in and fully enjoy this unreal place.
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Imagine what it feels like, sleeping on salt beds, sitting on salt chairs
and even eating at salt tables.
And while no one can deny how beautiful everything in this hotel is, that
beauty is nothing compared to the view.....
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The salt flats are so white and clear, they often show a perfect reflection
of the sky and the objects above them.
In fact, because the Salar is so flat and has such a strong reflection,
similar to that of ice sheets, it is used for calibrating the distance
measurement equipment of satellites in space.
The white, endless flats also offer visitors a unique opportunity to take
some truly mind bending pictures. With no other objects in sight, the human
eye loses its ability to establish a proper field of depth.
The results are some of the most creative and bizarre pictures you will ever
see.....
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The Salar is truly a place like no other, a magical kingdom of salt and
beauty where one can drive on the endless flats and see the sky both above
and below them.
It is just one of many places on earth that prove that beauty has no rules
and that nature always has one more trick up its sleeve.
