After an early rise it was off to Laguna Colorado and Verde. The landscape is surreal being virtually tree less with gentle rolling hills. There were loads of bright pink flamingos, not the smartest of birds, reminded me of a few people, but beautifully colored. The lagoon owes it name to the intense reddish tone of the water a product of the algae and hence I believe how the birds get the amazing color. Camped at 4,500m and it was freezing, so cold. An early night.

A 5.00am rise. Went straight to Sol de manana which is a 4,950m high geyser basin with boiling mud pots, fumaroles and a sulphorous atmosphere. By this stage my feet were frozen, it was minus 20 degrees outside and I think its the coldest I have ever felt in my life. I borrowed a poncho off the guide had all my warm clothes on and could only manage to get out the car take a photo and rush back in. Its was horribly cold, how people live in these temparatures I will never know.

Finally the sun started coming up as we headed off to the sulphur pools of Termas de Polques at 4,200. They were 30 degrees and by this stage I had managed to leave the car. Some nutters were in them as at least they were warm. With the temperature outside though no way I was getting in, they didn´t realise how cold it would be when they got out.

Finshed the tour off at the Laguna Verde usually an amazingly brilliant green colour but as it was frozen not so spectacular. Behind the lake however rose the spectacular Volcano Licancubur at 5,930m and a very apt setting for the group photo. Words cannot do the tour justice, the sceney has to be seen to be believed. Hopefully the photos are better than my literary skills