Hostal Don Sebastian San Pedro de Atacama

... takes it toll on the first night and day and apparently everyone’s reaction is different, from extremely sever symptoms to headache and nausea which is what me and Waz felt. Margarita our wonderful cook made us a concoction of coco leaves and some other plant (pe - something!) to drink and gave us some coco leaves to chew (when in Rome!) which made us feel a bit better. The accommodation was basic but good - the first 2 nights we slept on ...

... my route to the river crossing and eventually found Quebrada del Diablo. It was wicked cool and I would love to do the whole thing but I thought it was prudent to head back with my water rapidly disappearing (and the river water having about 10 times the safe level of arsenic in it).<br><br>I can definitely see why crossing the mighty Atacama is supposed to be one of the best moto expeditions in the world. The dusty, sandy raods are quite tricky because you can be ...

... We went to Laguna cejas and ojos del salar, which was by far the best part of the trip. We floated effortlessly in the salt laguna (three times the amount of salt in the ocean) and then ran and jumped off the edge of the ojos del salar to rinse the salt off since the ojos are fresh water. Finally we finished the day off at an INCREDIBLE salt flat (surreal salt formations, inch-deep water across the hold mile-long lake which produces the sensation that ...

... Later, any motorist who was unfortunate enough to pass a little too close to him was treated to a view of his bare white backside as we cycled our way back to San Pedro!<br><br>Our final stop in the park was to a strange rock formation which had been sand-blasted by the wind into three tall columns called "The Three Maries". Having a beloved elder sister called Marie, Jim did comment that lesser brothers would have been remarking how "one Marie was bad ...

... de Atacama apart from a wide open space of dust! I was cheered, when once we cleared immigration we were put back on the bus, hooray, I thought there´s more to this place. But we were driven around the corner and dropped of again, I still could see barely any buildings and panic was beginning to appear!<br> It didn´t get much better when the hostel owner picked me and two other English girls (both as equally distrubed as me) up and ...

... directed to the hostel by a local. It then seemed that all the locals had seen her at some point or another and all regaled their tales of when they last saw 'the girl with the red hair'! She'd got there OK in the end though! We celebrated with a few beers....<br><br>Sandboarding is the thing to do here and after umming and ahhing following my surfing experience, I took the plunge and signed up fo rit. Glad ...

... still shut so we sat in the plaza (still surrounded by stray dogs) and watched the sunrise. The rental shop eventually opened at 9am so we rented a couple of bikes and sand boards which Lee strapped to his back and set off towards the valley of death . After an hour of cycling up a mountain we realised that we had missed a turning, however we did get to see some fantastic views and reached the Valle de la Luna (valley of the moon). We then ...

... i do -25 stupnjeva tako da se &#8222;veselim&#8220; tomu uzeci u obzir da imam dvije majice dugih rukava i jaknu! :D poslije toga picim za la paz, pa u pustinju i na jezero titicaca. <br><br><br>danas sam saznala da je granica s bolivijom jos uvijek zatvorena (zbog snijega) tako da ljudi cekaju po 4h tamo pa se vrate nazad u san pedro ili sjednu na neki drugi bus i odu u neki drugi grad. a ja se ponadala da cu u boliviju, ako ne odem tamo, ne znam kojim cu putem :-/<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>

... t have <br>our vouchers from the tour company or itineraries for our tours. A short walk into town to Desert Adventure soon fixed that and then we were free to chill. We had a toastie at a veggie sandwich shop (once again I don't know it's name - I must learn to keep notes!) and then back to the hotel.<br> <br><br>The town is easy to negotiate as it is on a grid plan. <br><br> <br>Our first trip was that evening and it was the ...