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两个小时的车程之后，我们抵达本次行程的第一站仙人掌岛（Incahuasi），这是火山爆发的遗迹，如今看上去就像是这片盐海里升起的一座石头小岛，位于Colchani以西45英里。盐沼大约是三万年前由于一个巨大的史前湖泊明清湖（Lago Minchin）干涸而形成，因此在仙人掌岛上的岩石里，还依稀可见贝壳和珊瑚的痕迹。岩石坡上点缀着千年仙人掌，当我跟着向导伊万·布兰科（Iván Blanco）爬上去时，由于空气稀薄而气喘吁吁。从最高点——比盐海的“海平面大约高100米的地方望出去，那景致相当震撼。“往四周看看。布兰科说，“我敢说这里是整个地球上最大面积的处女地。

It’s easy to see his point but, nevertheless, the island is a stopping point for most tours of the Salar and can get busy with day-trippers, so we pressed on farther into the wilderness. We drove north for another hour, to the camp where Morgan and his Airstream were waiting for us.

他的意思显而易见，然而仙人掌岛是绝大部分盐沼旅行的停靠站，挤满了一日游的旅客，因此我们还要向荒野深入继续前进。我们又向北行驶了一个小时，在那里，摩根和他的清风房车正在等着我们。

“This is the loneliest spot of the salty desert – and it is all here just for you, said Morgan, as we prepared to eat a dinner of juicy roast llama steak, served with some decent Bolivian red wine from the southern region of Tarija, under an umbrella in the middle of the desert.