Hotel La Aldea San Pedro de Atacama

... in dieser Idylle schlemmen unzaehlige Flamingos die spezielle Algenart, die ihnen ihre schoene Farbe schenkt. Je nach Appetit und Veranlagung schwankt sie zwischen hellem rosa, orange und purpur ...
Waehrend wir drei uns ganz langsam und vorsichtig am Ufer fotografierend entlang bewegen, zaubern unser Guide und unser Fahrer an einem windgeschuetzten Platz ein lukullisches Picknick hervor. Grandios und dieser Ausblick ...

... far too hot to stick a hand into, as we discov**ed to our cost. Th**e is a constant presence of sulphur in the air and the ladies in the group claimed that was good for the skin, placing their faces ov** the top of some of the calcium chimneys formed from the rising wat**. Our guides, Matthias and Paulo, did not think this a good idea as the wat** can **upt unexpectedly from und**ground and, indeed, some people have been killed h**e by the geys**s. P**haps a new dang**ous ...

... steaks to share and was very generous with his wine as well. We made our pasta with packaged tomato sauce and 4 cut up thin beef pattys, which the chef did not approve of, but helped us eat anyway.

As the other hostelers came back there was an abundance of laughter and smiles as we all hung out and chatted.

In the morning our most expensive bus yet takes us to our 8th country, Argentina here we come!

... sparse, I was convinced I was in a Star Trek episode! It was amazing to watch as the sun set over the valley, the colours were incrediable!
My final day in San Pedro was spent trying to determine which tour company to use to get across the desert and salt flats to Bolivia (none had any good recommendations!), and spending more time relaxing in a hammock!
Then it was an early night as the ´dodgy´tour to Bolivia started at 7am.

... overlooking * l*ke, but it w*s cle*rly not worth the effort to strip down in 5 degree Celsius for * hot dip, without * hot shower or comfort*ble room to return to.

We then he*ded onw*rds to l*go verde where Leon s*w something th*t strongly resembled the forbidden cervez* in Ju*n’s h*nd *s the others explored the l*ke. 'Ju*n,’ Leon s*id in * mock-serious tone ‘no Cerv*z*’. Ju*n *nd his m*te went into *bsolute deni*l mode cl*iming it w*s * soft drink ...

... on a drip within minutes and the doctor spoke pretty good english and explained everything really well. After a couple of hours we got all the test results back and they were happy to let us go on with our trip. We were back in San Pedro (by bus this time) and back in our hostel room within 7 hours which was great!

Obviously because of this there wasn't a lot of activity from our side... We did however spend a morning at the El ...

... stolom za stolni tenis. Nasa soba je odvojena i mislim da je sagradena o neke gline ili necega slicnoga ;D uglavnom, hostel je totalna fora samo sto nema uvijek tople vode iako nam je lik rekao da to ovisi o pritisku u cijelome mjestu i ne samo o njima. Da da. Ovisi o tome da li se njima kupovati plin ili ne! :D

Kad smo se smjestile, isle smo do grada kupit nesto za jesti jer ja taj dan nisam jela nista osim keksa (a bilo je vec negdje pola 5 popodne). Mjesto je FENOMENALNO ...

... through airport cutoms with Wacky Backy. Likely stories indeed (you boring tw*t.)

I successfully negotiated myself onto a tour into the salt flats and up into the mountains on the first full day and the early start was worth seeing a group of flamingoes having their breakfast in the salt lake as the sun came up, which in itself was a stunning sight, coming up over the volcanoes to the east. We then headed up beyond the giant ...

... place from which to view the stars, due to the lack of light pollution here, he offers tours of his outdoor astronomy, where he has many different telesceopes. wWe could not get on the tour the first night, due to it being all booked, we had to wait until the following night, when we boarded a minibus to take us out in the desert. We had been advised to wrap up warmly, and it was absoultely freezing at night, so cold, you needed 2 jumpers and a jacket ...

... point I noticed that about the whole bus was gasping for extra air and at the Argentinine migration office in the middle of now where at the highest point of the ride one of the girls had to be given extra oxigen after she fainted. After the Argentinine border the landscape changed completely into some sort of moon landscape until we arrived in San Pedro de Atacama. A little village in an oasis in this dessert; a ...