Church of San Pedro de Atacama

For my last trip in Chile, I finally made it to the gorgeous northern region. The Atacama Desert, located in the north of Chile, is the world's driest desert. There are parts of this region that have never recorded rainfall! The town of San Pedro de Atacama is also known for beautiful landscape and tours. My friend Haley and I flew to San Pedro in …

We have left Santiago on the 12th August in the morning, for a 24 hours bus trip to the North. Turbus, the main bus company of Chile, offers Semi-Cama service, a special seat capable of 60 degrees of recline. These seats are comfortable enough to sleep during the night. However, a more comfortable seat like Cama or Premium can be purchased for …

I caught my 1 AM bus from La Serena to San Pedro de Atacama. I woke up 9 hours later and for the next 9 hours of the trip, I only saw desert. The desert was everywhere. We passed two cities called Antofagasta and Calama and there was not much to do in these cities. They were very small. The bus ride was long, but at 6 PM, I finally arrived after 18 …

Apologies for the slight delay in blogs...couple of technical issues coupled with me (Lindsay) not feeling well for a few days has slowed down the progress! Hope you have enjoyed them so far though.

... So here we are in San Pedro de Atacama and I was feeling a lot more bright today and ready to explore the town (which is one street) and …

A few thoughts.......
We explored the Atacama desert from San Pedro de Atacama a charming little town with adobe houses in the dry, dusty, enigmatic Atacama Desert. We stayed at an Ethno Lodge in round Indigenous-style huts in the Ayulle de Chekar village on the outskirts of San Pedro de Atacama. The lodge was run by Julio, an Indigenous …

After the Thailand Cambodia border crossing, every land border crossing since then has been a walk in the park. My theory was once you get through the hardest challenge everything else seems like a breeze. Well for Lucky it backfired, till this day every time we complete a land border crossing she looks at me with slit eyes and the statement "I can …

As we were descending down the slope of the Bolivian plateau the weather became warmer and warmer. Every five minutes, we took off a piece of clothing. Sweater, hat, scarf, socks until we were in our tank tops and shorts. When we got off the shuttle bus it turned out to be really hot. We got accustommed to staying at high altitudes and were …

... 80F). What's more, we had a fantastic hotel decked out in the latest "desert hut" style.   The town of San Pedro de Atacama may be tourist central, but it certainly retains its charm. The architecture is all preserved, adobe and dirt ...

I arrived into San Pedro De Atacama fairly groggy after a long 24hr bus ride. In the early morning I recall waking up and gazing out of the bus window up at the sky, for those brief few seconds I was literally star-struck. I can never ever recall seeing ...

... 't seem right! We take the morning off for the planning process, and start the excursions with a gentle afternoon just north of San Pedro, with the shepherds , the old and tiny San Isidro church, and some nice bits of rock, before chasing after the ...

... much time in the museum. My stomach was back to normal, so after lunch we came to the main plaza and visited the church of San Pedro. It is a small church, its floors and ceilings are wooden. It was beautiful for its size and just like the other ...