Casa Don Tomas San Pedro de Atacama

... Van einen mechanischen Schaden erlitten hat, laufen wir 3 gutgelaunt, mutterseelenalleine in der Glut der Mittagshitze die restlichen paar Kilometer bis zum Beginn des Rainbow Valley. Eine intensive Erfahrung: 3 Menschen, Hitze, absolute Stille, Wueste und ein Fluesschen, das fuer alles Leben bedeutet ... In der Zwischenzeit versuchen unsere Guide und ...

... large amounts of sunblock. Having spent so much time at altitude, we should be reasonably acclimatised but it is still really ******* the lungs if not too taxing on the muscles. We move at snail’s pace with num**ous stops to allow the poor old heart to stop pounding but, apart from James feeling light headed (nothing new th**e!) on a couple of occasions, we reach the top in a less shambolic state then in the past. Neith** of us have ev** had our feet on t**ra firma ...

... Belgi*n scientist couple from our tour *nd our beloved Ju*n (I’ll miss the const*nt ‘v*mos *migos’ th*t *ccomp*nied every sight) giving him * f*t tip to send him on his w*y which I’m sure he poured into * box full of cervez*s he’d been cr*ving throughout the trip.

We got on the bus th*t w*s to t*ke us over the border, with Cl*ire *nd J*mes *nd s*t, w*iting for it to fill up. Another bus lo*d of tourists w*s lo*ded on bo*rd, *nd then t*ken ...

The full day tour turned out to be really great. My eyes have bore witness to some of the most beautiful and striking landscapes today.

The tour bus picked us up at our hostel in the morning, and our first stop was the Salar de Atacama, or Atacama Salt Flat, which is the third ...

... and then to Tocopilla. What a **** hole! Couldnīt get accommadation in a hotel come brothel and it was 7.00pm. Head to Iquique 230km north or try and find somewhere to camp, easier said than done. Camped 80kms further north where there is a resturant that served local fish and they had rooms out back, food was excellent the room was ordinary but at 9.00pm I wasn,t complaining.

mmmmmkay.... aangekomen in cordoba met men gebroken pootje en dus tijd om nog eens een beetje op het net te zetten. Het verhaal van de gebroken poot komt in de volgende entry, questie van nog wa puntjes op de kaart te kunnen zetten... wat Iquique betreft, de titel zegt het allemaal... nadat ik aangekomen was en me, na een beetje heen en weer gehos, op het strand en in de ...

Purely a destination of convenience, the point at which we skip a couple of thousand miles of bus journey and take the sensible option of a flight. Iquique is a bizarre town that feels like it is in the wild west era. The overnight stopover was however vastly improved by great sushi!!!

... do. So I spent most of the day reading in a cafe or working on the internet. Which is the same thing I did the next day before it was time to catch my SUPER PLUSH bus to Santiago. I decide to treat myself and went with the deluxe sleeper where the bus rocked me to sleep and I was very refreshed by the time I got to Santiago. Really not too exciting of an entry... but I wanted to document it anyway. Sorry.

... double decker much like the last bus we were on very comfy. After settling in and falling asleep for about 2 hours there was a massive bang and the bus started to fill with cold air. It was like a bad dream I mean it couldnt possibly happen again. We got off the bus to find yet again a busted window on the 2nd floor there was glass everywhere. We again had to wait around in the cold for another bus which was twice as ...