The highlight of that day had to be Fish island though. You really need to see it to appreciate how amazing and just how bizarre it is. As far as the eye can see all around it is white. It looks like the sea has completely frozen over - only there's no sea. The 'island' is only a few kms long, so you can see the whole thing from a distance, and it is covered in 15 foot high cacti. All of it. The cacti don't just sit on the top of the island - they jut out at all sides too. It looks like a giant porcupine sleeping in the snow.
From the top you can actually see what looks like a beach and then a pure white flat ocean. Some of the cacti are more than 1200 years old. Of all the things I've seen so far this has to be one of the best - certainly the weirdest. Do not even think about missing out Bolivia if you travel South America.
Some of the cacti have been here more than 1200 years.
No puns please
Fish Island 'beach'
Soldiers guarding the coast line. Its mad how the salt looks like waves hitting the beach
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