Takha Takha Hotel San Pedro de Atacama

... I booked my sunset tour to Luna Valley for that same evening but didn´t book any of the others I wanted to do as I wasn´t sure if I´d be staying for 2 or 3 nights. After checkin and a shower (limited to 3 minutes for obvious reasons) I did some research into the tours and decided on two nights only, in order to stick to my crazily busy schedule. I tried to see if I could fit in a horse ride but they all clashed with my sunset tour so I just ate a bit more and ...

... has exploded with tourism. I can probably only think of about 10 buildings that I saw which weren´t either hostels, restaurants, tour agents or internet cafes. With the explosion, the prices are also a fair bit more than we were used to. Despite that, it stills retains some charm from it´s adobe church, museum and cute market in the square. <br><br>We spent our time relaxing in a bit of comfort after the Salt plains and enjoying a bit of Chilean ...

Hello all,<br>Sorry no updates but in san pedro there is no wireless so I cannot update my blog with pictures - dont worry I have notes so will update and upload pics soon..... <br><br>I am now off to the bolivian salt flats for 3 days so again no updates while I am there as we will be staying in pretty basic conditions sometime without electricty or hot water <br><br>so I a hostel will seem like luxuary soon.. <br><br>Jon <br><br>

... un mini bus de touristes sarrete et mes colleg crient de venir vite<br>ouf jarrive a moitie debrailler mais au moins on peut rentrer facilement<br>je reprds mes affires alhotel pas moyen de prdre un edouche ni meme daller aux toilettes, la femme refuse categoriquement!<br>bon ben ce sera 17de bus pleine de sable!<br>je retourne chez ma vendeuse dempanadas preferee et li en commde un pour le trajet, cest parti!!!!!<br>

It was late in the morning by the time we crossed the border into Chile. This is where we said goodbye to Dara as she hopped straight onto another bus for Salta in northern Argentina. We found a hostel with little hassle - one complete with the luxury of a hot shower! So, after our first warm showers in 3 days we headed into town to explore the delights of San Pedro.<br><br>San Pedro de Atacama is a small town consisting of white adobe single-story buildings set ...

From Arica we caught a night bus to Calama, then a short bus to San Pedro. Calama was beautiful with the morning sun warming us quickly, empanadas for breakfast sitting on the curb, and chatting with an incredibly sweet indigenous Bolivian woman who was in Calama to visit family.<br><br>San Pedro is very, dusty. It is beautiful with a volcano backdrop and an abundance of natural wonders which are all only a short ...

... planets up close! Also learned about several constellations and how the sky changes through the night and the seasons. It was a very worthwhile experience!<br><br> San Pedro was a great little place - typically dusty desert town and packed to the rafters with tourists. Feels that we had stepped into a wild west movie with dust roads, no cars and small brown buildings lining the streets. Its pretty high up (2440m above sea level) so it took ...

... streets admiring the stalls where local merchandise was being sold. When we returned to our jeep, Daniel had prepared us a lunch of chicken, pasta and vegetables which we ate at a table made of salt sat on chairs made of salt! Our last stop of the trip was at the train cemetery which was like playground designed for adults! We had lots of fun climbing in and on the train wrecks and writing in chalk on the old trains - a great end to a great trip!

... calamu, jako prasnjav i vjetrovit grad, sat i pol od san pedra. U busu sam skuzila neke dvije cure koje sam, kad smo stigli u san pedro, pitala znaju li gdje ce spavati pa sam se uvalila njima (jer nisu ni one znale gdje ce). Na kraju nam je neki lik na &#8222;kolodvoru" dao flyer i odveo nas do &#8222;hostela&#8220;, 60kn noc. Isle smo prvo vidjeti, ali smo na kraju i ostale jer su soba i kupatilo cisti, a dvoriste totalna fora &#8211; s ljuljackama, likovima koji su svirali i ...