Altiplanico San Pedro de Atacama

... zu gewoehnen. Es ist beissend kalt und windig. Nach eimem Intermezzo mit einer Moeve, die sich durch uns gestoert fuehlt, steigen wir hoeher und hoeher, bis wir die Strasse in der naehe des Bergkegels Negro verlassen. Nun beginnt die Herausforderung fuer unseren Fahrer - die Strecke ist aeusserst diffiziel zu befahren, leicht bleibt man in tiefen Treibsand stecken oder schlaegt auf hartem Gestein auf. Nur wenige Unternehmen ...

... struck up a conversation with the two men who live outside of the hostel in tents, they are both from Santiago and are only here to make money. One is a chef, the other is one of the guys who is supposed to get you into the restaurant, they called him a "hunter" meaning someone who preys on tourists! They were amazing.

They invited us to come with them to their friends house, it was a mud hut with tarps ...

... us up a dusty track to the hostel, which also appeared to be in the middle of nowhere.
But it got much better, we took a wander in the supposed direction of town and actually found a really cute little town, with shops and offices made from adobe, loads of tour companies, and even two ATMs! We then had a great meal, which cost us $5000 each (about 6GBP) and we relaxed into our surroundings.
The next day I met Julie and Ian, a ...

[J*cque writes]

Exh*usted *nd gr*teful to not h*ve *ny snorers in our group, we st*rted the d*y *g*in *t 4.45*m to see the geysers *t first light. Ju*n w*nted to do * 4.30 w*ke-up *nd I negoti*ted *n extr* 15 minutes to the delight of the group. Although we were the first group of the motorc*de to hit the ro*d, it w*s incredible to w*tch other jeeps go *t high speed in the pitch bl*ck d*rkness to p*ss us up *nd get there first. Cr*zy. Much to Ju*n's credit, he seemed to be ...

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Krenula u 10h busom iz antafagoste, presretna sto napustam lika koji me doslovce istraumatizirao (ne samo svojim retardiranim izjavama nego i svojim retardiranim umom i smrdljivim stanom) i presretna sto odlazim u NEcivilizaciju. Dok sam isla do busa, prolazila sam kroz najgori ghetto grada. Malo zesca katastrofa. Svakim danom u svakom pogledu sve vise volim hrvatsku!

Bus za san pedro de atacama iz antofagaste platila sam nekih 80kn, a put je trajao oko 5h. Prosli smo ...

From La Serena I took an overnight bus journey to San Pedro lasting a monster 16 hours! Fortunately the buses in Chile are great, very new, with big reclining seats so I got a good nights sleep. I was so comfy I could have even gone on further.

San Pedro is a small dusty town in the Atacama Desert, the driest desert on Earth. There are some places here where it has never had any recorded rainfall. From the town, giant volcanoes can ...

... les DVD des photos pour tout le monde. Les parents et Mimi ce sont occupés de changer de l'argent et de payer l'agence qui nous emmènent en Bolivie : Colque tours. Ce sera donc trois jours et demi et retour à san pedro pour tout le monde sauf moi. Nous avons tous bien profité de la douche car on sait que l'on sera privé puis un pisco sour bien mérité avec un petit repas et au lit après avoir demandé à notre hôtel pour laisser nos affaires là jusqu'à notre retour.

... reached in and said , I think somethings broken in here! The altitude at the pass - 4200metres, had caused her nail varnish to break , causing a very messy bag, needless to say, the officer quickly let her go on her way.

We quickly found ourselves a hostel after getting off the bus, there were lots of options available as it is a tourist town,unfortunately, as it is Chile, prices go up even further than in Argentina. The town is quite small ...