Hotel Tambillo San Pedro de Atacama

on atrop bien dormi et on ne gratte pas. tt va bien ds les meilleurs des mdes...et la douche fait du bien meme si elle est froide
on va se prendre un super ptit dej: pain, confiture de mure yaouhhhhhhhh, beurre et oeuf brouille
et cest reparti pour les galeres, apres avoir visite les piscine snaturelles sans setre baignee ar on se disait quon se baignerait ds les lagunas quon allat visiter, on se met au stop vers ...

... thick and the slang so thorough, even native Spanish speakers from other South American countries struggle (I actually asked several of them and they all told me I wasnīt crazy, the Chileans just have their own lengua). People would ask me simple things like, "Whatīs your name", or "How are you", and I had no clue what they were going on about. I donīt know of anywhere in the world where there is a similar issue with English. Even the Scots can make themselves understood ...

... sm*ll indent…’

I don’t let her finish, gr*bbing the note *nd swe*ring in English, storming out of the pl*ce to go to *nother pl*ce where I convince *nother vendor to *ccept the note using newly *cquired jedi mind tricks (‘this is the note you’re looking for’)).

B*ck *t the hostel, the pre-5*m w*ke-ups c*ught up with me *nd I hit the w*ll, bedding down for * n*p. J*cque got c*ught up in * convers*tion with some English residents ...

... couple of days to adjust to the thin air, but that is great as from here we move up into Bolivia!

Our short stay in this long skinny country has come to and end and as usual our closing thoughts...

The first thing to adapt to in Chile was how expensive it was compared to everywhere else we've been. Of course the medical drama and robbery didn't help in this department!

The country is beautiful, always mountains to look ...

We arrived early evening in San Pedro. The bus journey was pretty windy roads through the Andes and we reached some high altitudes where oxygen was scarce. The views however were amazing. After crossing the border into Chile it was only another 2 minutes on the bus and we were dropped off in a dusty car park - slightly different to our expectations of a bus station! We were advised by a local lady of where our hostel was and an American girl ...

... i do -25 stupnjeva tako da se „veselim“ 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.


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 :-/

San Pedro de Atacama is one of the driest deserts in the world and a convenient entry point to Bolivia for the Salar tour making it a thriving tourist village. After the more basic facilities offered in Bolivia it was amazing to get back to a place that was set up for tourists...I know its hardly adventurous or off-the-beaten-trail of me but honestly when you've been on the move for three months its actually a relief to arrive somewhere where you can walk everywhere and all your ...

... to explore some of the surrounding sights. There was an old 12th century fort called Pukara de Quitor which was a testing climb to the top, but had some rewarding views when you got there. Another few km further was Quebrada del Diablo (Devilīs Gorge) which was a small windy road penned in by huge walls of red rock either side. The next day I got on me bike again and headed to Valle de la Luna to see the sunset, named so due to its ...

We finally left Peru after managing to barter a lovely lady down to 15 soles each for an hour massage - about three pounds! The quality was as you would expect for that price and we then had to get on an overnight bus feeling nice and greasy, lovely. We made it across the border, after various interrogations as to how we were feeling healthwise and whether we had been anywhere near ...

... our next Chile trip will include Chiloe.


We had lunch at small restaurant in Socaire and then on to the Salt Lakes and into Toconao. All in all a great day. They dropped us in town and we went straight out to eat. Not sure of where we went this time but it had pizza, beer and a fire!

DAY 3

Today started with a tour round the Archaeological Museum in San Pedro - this was really good as it gave ...