DEEP INTO THE BOLIVIAN SALT FLATS - SALAR DE UYUNI (S3:E58)

[@Wheels2Dirt]

Being honest, your channel has been both a blessing and a curse. I now have a difficult time watching other channels. Many of the solo riders come across as self-absorbed and dramatic. The others riding with their partners come across as corny and fake. You both come across as people I would not only love to ride with but have a beer with. Thank you for the great videos and for ruining the rest of KZbin for me.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Wow! Well... Thank you & I'm sorry... 😅 We didn't intend to ruin KZbin for you, but we certainly appreciate the kind words!! 🍻

[@rick2wheels1214]

For a moment there I was thinking what could be interesting about a salt flat, how wrong I was, quite extraordinary and a amazing. Thanks guys, this was worth waiting for, what a place to visit. And the Train Cemetary also. Hope you enjoyed the 'hotel', that has to be a unique location. Great video.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Ha! Thanks so much!! And... the fun's not over yet. There are plenty of surprises to come!! 😳

[@charliem5332]

Best travel bike videos. I never get bored watching.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Awesome! Thank you for watching and for the kind words!! 💪

[@AbdulsCycles]

The ambience of your ride very beautiful and amazing. We can see in your video this time that it offers a very interesting view of Bolivian salt flats. Thank you for sharing it with us. 👍👍👍

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you for taking the ride with us!!

[@Wheels2Dirt]

Wow. Really amazing landscapes and story telling. Such great content. You guys should have a million subscribers.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks so much! Be sure to tell your friends and help us get closer to that 1 mil mark!! 😁

[@Wheels2Dirt]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets I certainly will.

[@The_Wood]

Surreal as it indeed is, hiking still sucks. Being so remote with absolutely nothing around makes you appreciate at least the availability of necessary things...like water, shade, etc. Something happens out there and you really are...what's the word I'm looking for...yeah, that word. Glad you're on a Honda so at least you don't have to worry about it not bringing you back. The Africa Twin is truly a remarkable machine. You are really making Honda proud. Safe travels and already waiting for the next video.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Barren, desolate, isolated, harsh, and incredibly beautiful. But no, humans will not survive there long if left to their own devices. That's exactly why I'm a Honda guy. Any bike can get you there, but a Honda will get you home!! Thanks for supporting the channel!! 🖤

[@christinegreen7120]

Rose is a brilliant narrator. Thanks for posting the video - excellent quality and very informative.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you very much! 🍻

[@2UpAndOverloaded]

Such an epic part of the world to explore on 2 wheels! You guys rock!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks guys!! We would have loved to have seen it with a little bit of water on the playa like you did, but really... it's pretty hard to complain!

[@Wheels2Dirt]

I watched a couple of your videos before finding this channel. Do you collaborate? I'm binging on the channel and notice similarities in music, map animation and editing style. Do you use the same editing service?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

@@Wheels2Dirt Ahoy! Since you're responding to 2up & Overloaded's comment, I'm not sure your questions are directed at us, or them... But, I (Chad) can tell you that despite having met Tim & Marisa a couple of times on the road, we have never ridden together or collaborated. Rose and I do 100% of our own editing, including music selection. I use a wide-array of genres from Roots Rock to Acid Jazz, but since I don't really watch any one else's content I can tell you that any similarities are either just parallel thought, or other creators borrowing our soundtracks (which unfortunately, is becoming common). My musical selections are an intentional middle-finger to status quo of overly-dramatic music set to sub-par riding footage. Sometimes it hits, other times it misses, but either way, it's 100% authentic...

[@Wheels2Dirt]

@TwoWheelsThreeSheets my questions were not directed at you, but thank you for responding. I didn't intend any disrespect. All the best.

[@yosam5184]

You guys adventures are just so cool. Really enjoyed this one.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you!! We enjoyed making it! 😁

[@lessmore444]

What a fabulously bizarre spectacle that cactus island is. Thanks for the tour guys!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

It is indeed, and the pictures don't do it justice! Thanks for coming along for the ride... 🍻

[@eastbayview6566]

You guys do an awesome job of in person commentary and Roses voiceovers. Excellent music choices too! Really enjoy your videos.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you so much! We really enjoy being able to share these amazing places!

[@davidwillis6499]

Very cool, train cemeteries are historic and nostalgic gems! Thanks for the tour of everything.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks for joining us on the ride!!

[@TexasTacoKiller]

Amazing colors and out of this world scenery! That place is wild. The cave camping was awesome!!! Drone footage on the flats was a bad ass effect, add a machete wielding maniac, and you got a cult B movie classic

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Bwaaa ha ha... it was a very unfortunate time for the drone to give up the ghost. That was exactly the "epic" footage we were hoping for... 😅

[@cmoreoverland6739]

You make me just smile and thirst for my adventure to come.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Well then, our job here is done!! We love to hear that!! 🍻

[@stevekeddington4382]

What an amazing campsite you found Most excellent episode

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

One of our all-time favorite campsites!!

[@tigercoward]

SUPER 😎 COOL dudes! Those potholes are terrifying, but worth risking to get to that weird island. I laughed that you can still get chased by dogs there!😂 I also laughed at " we continued to pound salt..." looking for a cave to spend the night.😂😂😂 You are so different from other overlanders on the internet, and I think that your uniqueness is absolutely brilliant! I know that you are reading this in Panama, but I am with you, spiritually, in Bolivia! Thanks for another great vid. Tiger Coward

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

I mean, we've gotten used to being chased by Street dogs, but salt dogs?? 🤯 That's a new one!! I'm not sure that we're all that different from other overlanders, but I definitely think we have a different approach to overlanding than most other content creators. It's an interesting conversation for another place and time... Thank you for the continued support and kind words! 🍻 And a belated happy birthday!! 🥳

[@tigercoward]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets Thanks!

[@willykehler3842]

Chad is like a little boy having a good time riding his motorcycle

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

😅 I'll take that as a compliment!

[@willykehler3842]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets absolutely I would do the same

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

🍻

[@campbellj20]

I’m so glad I found your channel, as it’s quickly become my favorite YT getaway. Your editing is second to none!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Very cool - welcome to the channel!! 💪

[@atprodT700]

salut à tous, des paysages plus magnifiques les uns que les autres, le contraste des couleurs est vraiment incroyable une aventure à deux inoubliable

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you! It just keeps getting better and better!! 🍻

[@argemirolopezgallego5868]

Excelentes videos y muy buenas rutas bendiciones desde Colombia

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Mucha gracias! Saludos desde Panama!! 🍻

[@abelsietecuatro9249]

This is an adventure movie! Astrophotography is perfect in the Salt Flats. Taking pictures of the space must be amazing

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

The night sky just looks different there. There's a clarity, almost a slight magnification. Everything just looks closer, and that much crisper!!!

[@andrewlong5444]

Wow, great a very different adventure. Rose, your episode on a swing, suspended from one of the most iconic designs and powerful steam locomotives ever made. An articulated Garratt, built by Beyer Peacock UK. Three parts to it, water up front then boiler, last the tender; configuration 4-8-2 2-8-4 (8 being the driving wheels having weight of water and fuel directly above them, traction) Boiler in between. Take both of you especially with that UV 🙂NZ

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Back in my day, we just called it a "Choo choo"... but I suppose that'll do as well!! 😁 Man, you would have a field day in the train cemetery. I'm pretty sure there are no less than three or four of those locomotives of which you speak...

[@ragbag46]

Thinking way back to my childhood and our half train half bus 2 day journey to boarding school in Mbeya up in the highlands of Tanganyika near the border with Northern Rhodesia aka Malawi as it’s called, I digress, due the extreme gradient of the rail track I am sure we had one of these massive iconic powerful steam engines to haul us up.

[@ekkiplicht7283]

Excellent video. I love your style of editing, sound, music and effects. Well done, entertaining, and gives me the lust for more. Or going there myself. Have a safe journey. :)

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you for coming along for the ride & the kind words!! Cheers! 🍻

[@WilfredWalker-dq6rp]

Just fantastic, thank you!!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks for joining us!! 🍻

[@fabiobaldrati9259]

Siete bravissimi, come sempre, poi le musiche scelte come sottofondo sono sempre belle e azzeccate😊

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you!! We tried to get "epic" with the music, but that's just not our style! 😅

[@andrewthacker114]

Amazing clip, salt flats incredible.Great editing.Salt flat not hard on your tires.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Certainly one of the wildest places we've ever been!!

[@hachewie]

That’s an epic intro Chad. So good at editing. Now I’ll watch the rest.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you! Luckily, we had plenty of excellent footage to work with!!

[@stevekeddington4382]

I love how Rose became one of the added attractions at the salt hotel

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Rose is an attraction no matter where we go... 😅🤨😒

[@henkvanbeek1400]

thnk you for this nice adventure story.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you for following along!

[@EriSimbolon]

Wow... How pleasure it, U place at Salary de Uyuni looks like a place when Sam Shepard played as Butch Cassidy on Blackthorn movie...😊😊😊😊

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

I wouldn't doubt the real Butch and Sundance slept in that very cave!

[@highdesertnation1285]

This is absolutely stunning..so well done! It reminds of a National Geographic documentary with a Marty Stouffers' Wild America Narration.. Only Better. I'm Hooked!!!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Ha ha!! Thank you so much! Welcome to the channel! 💪

[@bravoatila8103]

😊😊😊what a nice experience...cultural and social displacement...how the people are attached with their history and environment...

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

It really is odd trying to imagine the world through the eyes of others. Rose and I were just discussing that over dinner. How we have these random transient experiences in these amazing places, and most of the people we meet along the way are still there, doing what they do, day in and day out...

[@powerpartschile]

Thanks you guys. Me and my son are prepairing the ride to Uyuni through ruta de Las Lagunas from San Pedro de Atacama beginning April 2024. It has been a very informative video. By the way you are becoming my favorites motorcycle travellers. Keep doing it!!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Very cool - it is incredible region of the Andes!! Be sure to stay tuned, - our next few videos will be featuring more of the Salt Flats as well as the Lagunas Route! Thank you for supporting the channel!!

[@idratherberiding3456]

Another GREAT video. Too bad about the drone. My first drone, a Mavic first generation, while I was on a motorcycle ride, the vibration dislodged the gimbal/camera protection. Some of the very fragile gimbal wires broke. I tried only changing the wires but I failed, my lack of fine motor skills... So I bought a new gimbal/camera, easy plug and play. It still works today. Another drone, the air, had routine calibration problems and would not fly outside of the US. I changed the accelerometer and it worked very well since then. Until I was in the Majuro Atoll, in the middle of the pacific, on a very windy day and I got greedy, and took it up and it flew away into the lagoon and had no power to come back. The battery eventually died and it sank. LOL. Anyway, great photos, great story, can't wait to see the next chapter.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you!! That little DJI mini lived a good life. Lost it a few times, crashed it more than once... We got the mini 3 pro, which was a huge upgrade. But that hasn't stopped me from losing it and crashing it... 😅

[@incognito6469]

Awesome. Love you guys.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Aww... thank you!! 🖤

[@Gedstravels]

Super production, lots of work to get such quality…subscribed

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Wow!! Thank you for that!! 💯💯💯

[@german996]

Thank you for your reply, been out traveling for work!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

No worries!

[@Solitarius-Lupus-Moto]

Best video to date.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Really?!!!! WOW!!! That's awesome! Thank you for that! 💯💯💯

[@-W8WHAT]

Another great video....although at the start, (watching video with earphones on) - i started searching behind/around me.... at what turned out to be the random "whipping" noises - DOH!! 😟😆

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

😅 Now that's funny!!!!

[@SL3315]

Incahuasi , house of the Incas, fantastic ride!!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Yes sir! I honestly can't imagine what life must have been like for people living there hundreds to thousands of years ago!! 😳

[@SL3315]

Mud-floods changed the environment..

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

I wonder what it must have been like a millennia ago..

[@SL3315]

Probably big island (Isla) surrounded by water and you were standing on the peak. Who knows how many more islands were covered ..

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Indeed!

[@adventuredetective1]

Super video guys . ❤

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you! 🍻

[@Travelto5]

What an amazing view And place. I love to visit there. I’m also planning to travel South America from Dubai UAE. I already travel in the whole GCC country on my Motorcycle Africa twin, but you guys are amazing man.❤❤❤❤

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you so much! You will not be disappointed, South America is incredible, and the Africa Twin is the right tool for the job!

[@italogiardina8183]

Magic island moments within a crystalline sea of pure sodium.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

It really does feel like another planet. As they say, the photos don't do it justice!

[@italogiardina8183]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets You both nice depicted the sense of place. Thank you

[@nzsaltflatsracer8054]

Thanks for the tour, it's a place I hope to take my race car to in the future since Bonneville is dying from mining.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Yeah... unfortunately, lithium mining is big business in the Andean Altiplano as well...

[@robertmauter6493]

Dang, Bolivia has a lot to explore, I’d love to hang out for some time in that part of the world, the remoteness of it all is incredible in itself. Guess you guys are still hung up in Panama, been watching for your postings on your DHL debacle, what bunch of numb nuts, right foot doesn’t know what left is doing, well maybe want be long before you are sailing across the land mass soon enough I do hope, take care both of you, look forward to what u through at us next, hang in there. Rob U.S.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Hey Rob! Yup... still in Panama City... 😵 Hopefully we'll be back on the road soon!! Bolivia is an incredible country that really puts the "Adventure" in Adventure Riding! We maxed out our 30-day tourist visa exploring the country as much as possible!!

[@robertmauter6493]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets I hear that, is there a turn around time before you can get back in there if you wanted, just curious about that.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

30 days per calendar year max...

[@amygregfrancisco4372]

Good to see you posting again. Does anyone live on those islands? Is there any fresh water at all?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

As far as I know, no and no... The Los ojos, the water is brine-ish... not sure if you could survive drinking it. Also, apparently, a lot of the water in the altiplano contains incredibly high levels of arsenic.

[@brianmyers5522]

Last time those trains moved DHL was in possession of them! Most epic camp site.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Well, they were supposed to go to Panama City, but somehow they ended up in Bolivia... 🤔😁

[@hachewie]

Such an amazing place. You could finally tell Rose to take a hike without fear of testicular removal. RIP DJI mini. 😓

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Bwaa!! Well, luckily for me, I had a vasectomy years ago, so I no longer have use for them anyway! 😁

[@andrewewan624]

Videos getting better all the time... Superb scenery ...video work Wee business opportunity there ....selling WD 40 .....or ACF 50 .....etc ....😊😊😊😊 ( and fuel ) I am looking forward to YOUR book !!!! Stay safe

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you, sir!! Unfortunately, we've kind of painted ourselves into a corner. Our videos are getting better, but they're taking us much longer to edit as a result!! 😬 I think there's probably plenty of business opportunities in and around Uyuni. Problem being, you would then have to live in or around Uyuni! 😬 I imagine that shine would wear off fast...

[@stevekeddington4382]

God speed little drone. You have served them well

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

It lived a long and fruitful life!

[@dudenamedclem]

Maybe the drone was angry because of the filters you were applying to its video?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Yeah, probably... 🙄

[@RonKoppelmann]

Great golden hour vids

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you! Yeah, you can't go wrong with golden hour! 🌅💛🌅

[@billroberts9182]

Wow!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Indeed!!

[@kurtlvaas9455]

very cool video 😃Kurt from Norway says hello (I'm driving Honda Adventure sport 2018 DCT (10700km last summer around Europe )

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Hi Kurt! We're really looking forward to explore Norway someday soon!

[@jordan_drones]

🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

🍻

[@pacopetepnw3434]

It only took me one of your vid's (this one) to sub/bell! Nice work Chad & Rose! Did you name your AT? I will mos-def share/fwd your channel to my moto Peep's.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Awesome, thank you for the kind words and for supporting the channel! And we definitely appreciate you spreading the word. We're steadily marching towards the 10K mark!! 🍻

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Oh yeah... no name for the Africa Twin.

[@franzrojas5802]

VIVA uyuni Jallalla Bolívia 🇧🇴👏

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Bolivia is amazing!!!

[@TheSpringOrchid]

Is this shot in on March 2, 2024 and there is no water anymore on the flats?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Hi. Thanks for the question. This is late May, 2023.

[@german996]

Hello Chad! Was wondering if you were able to find out what was wrong with brakes on the AT?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Hi there!! Are you referring to the loose disks from a few episodes ago, or the more recent issue when the bike was damaged by DHL?

[@german996]

Excellent video!.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

If you were referring to the loose OEM floating discs, we replaced those with aftermarket discs approximately 5 months ago. Unfortunately, when when shipping the bike from Guyana to Panama, the new discs were damaged, and once again, need to be replaced. We are stuck in Panama now waiting on replacements.

[@schultzy507]

Nice 40 series Land Cruiser 😎

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Latin America is chalk-full of Landcruisers!! I (Chad) have owned four... Love me an FJ !!!

[@schultzy507]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets nice I have a 40 and 45 I'm fixing up. Always like seeing the Cruisers around the world.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

I love the 45s! Always wanted one...

[@osmaninal5348]

❤❤❤

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

🍻

[@osmaninal5348]

Please choose Turkish language

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

@osmaninal5348 we'll do! Thank you for asking!!! 🍻

[@osmaninal5348]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets 👍👍❤❤

[@Dragos.Gs.Adventure]

Viele Grüße aus Berlin

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Cheers from Panama! 🍻

[@jerichoisrael3504]

I felt bad for the couple who were on a tour to nepal and got assulted and violated in india. I hope they'll get their justice. Be safe always.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

It's a horrible story indeed. There is another pair of moto travelers that were similarly assaulted recently in Belize. 😪

[@therollingwheelz]

be safe you all....got missinformation...i thought you are couple traveller that got "big disaster" in India when camping lately. hope everything okay with you all.....👍

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you so much! No, that was not us! Unfortunately, violence and tragedy befell a couple in Belize recently, as well as the couple in India. Very, very sad... and very scary, as a man traveling with his wife. 😪

[@XLV750RD01]

Have you heard of GPS waypoints ?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Sure have...

[@cfdamiaof]

Achei muito errado vocês classificarem as rodovias do Brasil como "entediantes". Não gostei e quero que os dois vão tomar sorvete.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

😅 Don't feel too bad. Just about every country has some boring highways... Overall through, Brazil is Amazon. Just not the farmlands of Sao Paulo... But that said... yes, we would love an ice cream!! 🍦

[@hachewie]

Chad, this dinner is a little bland. Needs salt? Got any?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Don't have any to spare, too busy rubbing it in the wounds!

[@GLEN1061]

Paying "Gringo" prices still makes it a pittance for "rich" people relative to the locals! Really guys?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Really, what? Did you hear me complain? I was simply commenting on the situation. Don't invent reasons to be offended...

[@antoniobrown4497]

Hola estimada nomade te escribo para(por si no viste,leíste)lo de Fernanda y Vicente en la india cuidaos nomade viajera para continuar tu derrotero por este mundo,yyy te escribo porque me impacto muchísimo lo de estos viajeros...gracias por tu atención que dios te bendiga...yyyy buena ruta...un amigo desde argentina.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Hermano, gracias por la preocupación y las bendiciones. Sí, somos conscientes de la triste noticia. Esperamos que Vicente y Fernanda se recuperen y que haya justicia. Que Dios nos dé a todos un viaje seguro. 🙏 Brother, thank you for the concern and the blessings. Yes, we are aware of the sad news. We hope that Vicente and Fernanda are healing and that there will be justice. May God give us all safe travels. 🙏

[@antoniobrown4497]

Cuidaos amigos lugares seguros a uds y todos los viajeros-nomades quue hay...buena ruta y en paz con seguridad.

[@hachewie]

Chad, this dinner is a little bland. Needs salt? Got any?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

I'm about to put you on a low sodium diet!! 😁