Summer Vacation Part 2!

Summer Vacation Part 2!
some observations from this trip:

First, a reminder: Bolivia is the poorest country in south america.
You don't get that impression when you're in city centres, but if you're not convinced just take a look at how people live in the edges of the cities and in the country. Mud or clay brick houses, usually with roofs and doors, or sometimes not. Both of the places we stayed during our three day tour south of Uyuni were not connected to a power grid.

Check the "countryside in Bolivia" photo album for pictures.

The hostel at the first place we stayed (San Juan) had a generator, so there was about two hours worth of electricity. At night, the whole town was pitch black. Some of the kids with us went out in the evening and had to feel their way home.
The second place we stayed, at the Laguna Colorado (the red lake), to my delight, had solar panels.
Way to skip all the dirty electricity and move straight to the sustainable stuff!
Of course, the solar panels are probably there because they were cheaper than installing hundreds of kilometers of wire, not because of a deep and personal concern for the environment. Still, I’ll take that.
On the other hand, while the second place we stayed did have more than two hours per day of electricity, it didn't have running water.