Hotel Tambillo San Pedro de Atacama

... experience (and the photos will speak for themselves).. It really was the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen - it felt like nature as it was intended to be. Its really hard to believe that all the different lagoons, the flamingos, salt plains, cactus trees, llamas and spectacular mountain scenery exists in one country. <br><br>Highlights of this trip were: <br><br>1. Having lunch with the llamas on day one (see pictures of Waz trying to chase ...

... a few times to warm them up but it was pretty cold. I noticed a thermometer on the way out (long after the sun had been up) which said +0,2C and that felt practically hot to what it was when we arrived - I was down to a t-shirt and an unzipped fleece by then. So then we proceeded to the hot baths, which were a pleasant temperature until we had to get out wet in that 0,2C air...<br><br>Got back from that, ate, hired a mountain bike and set off alone into the desert ...

... pretty quickly. My lungs didn't stop burning all the rest of the way home.<br><br>Saturday we walked through the Quebrada de Jerez (a little oasis of fruit trees created by a stream that runs through the valley where the Atacameña people first developed).<br>Then we went on to the Lagos Altiplánicos where we saw a ton of vicuñas (basically wild versions of llamas)<br>and amazing lakes in the middle of the desert and mountains<br>We stopped by Socaire, a tiny ...

... tps a decoller, puis a5H , on se bouge et on loureun velo pour se balader ds la vallee de la mort et admirer le coucher du soleil!!! on pedale , pedale, cest un vrai labyrinthe, et on se trouve plus ds la valle quau dessus pour admirer le coucher de soleil. Marion persevere et enfin on arrive au bout du tunnel, on laisse nos velos, et on grimpe a travers la dune pour prdre de la hauteur, c magnifiaue, indescriptible, et en plus, je nai pas de photos car enorme ...

... Fancy trying to look cool on a sandboard at his age....really.<br><br>As per his wishes we were up bright and early and once again headed off into the the desert on our bikes towards the Valley of the Moon (Valle De La Luna). The start of the Valley is around 13 km west of San Pedro in the the huge National Reserve of Cordillera de la Sal (Salt Mountains). <br><br>Our route wound through various stone and sand formations which wind and floods have carved out ...

... a roof, and tires as windows. We all sat around singing to songs, mainly rap, they had blasting, admiring one of the mens handicrafts that he makes, and playing with the most adorable 7 tiny puppies I have ever seen!<br><br>As the sunset and Evan had to pry the puppies out of my hands (they wanted to give us one for free!) we headed back to the hostel with our two new friends to make dinner. The chef made ...

... drei Jahre oder so. Erstmal ein Steak essen, nach Bolivien wo das Essen doch eher mittelmäßig war, eine richtige Wohltat. In unserem Hostel gab es einen Grill, da haben wir am Abend selber das Steak zubereitet, das Kilo kostet ja nur 5 &#8364;., dazu gutes Brot und Guacamole.<br>Da gerade Nationalfeiertag in Chile war, war auch am Abend noch ...

... gonna luuuurve us! 2 big fat claims are on their way. We will definitely be getting the most out of our 'special offer' Backpackers Insurance!<br><br>Most useless item: Video camera. Broken after Iguazu. <br><br>Most useful Spanish phrase: Sonos Sudafricanos. So many people asked what country we are from and were shocked that we are white!<br><br>Tan Status (0-10): Necks: 10 - after 1x 15km 5 hour walk in Easter Island, forgetting that we ...

... we had some American dollars which we managed to change and most places accepted cards so we were okay until then. We shared pizza and pisco sours with Rose in a nice restaurant heated by several open fires before returning in the dark with our little wind up torches to the hostel. The following morning we walked back into the town for breakfast where we had the biggest bits of toast ever! Celia also enjoyed a hot chocolate which was a ...

... i bolji bord, koji se inace plati 5kn vise :D na kraju sam imala srece sto se svega tice. Do pjescanih dina morali smo ici biciklom nekih sat vremena. Prvo smo isli uzbro gdje sam mislila da cu se onesvijestiti i umrijeti jer mi je srce kucalo ko ludo. Kao prvo, uzbrdica je sama po sebi bila grozna, a kao drugo, nalazim se na drugacijoj nadmorskoj visini od kakve sam navikla pa je i to problem. Nakon sat i nesto stigli smo do dina gdje je bila hrpa ljudi. Popeli se na dine i ja ...