Tierra Atacama Hotel & Spa San Pedro de Atacama

... to be illuminated by the setting sun. It was still good and we found a very nice spot on top of a cliff. There were awesome photo opportunities on a ledge overhanging an enormous drop and I took some very good photos of a French, who I had a photo taking alliance with. Then it was my turn to be photographed and some Australian, who was on the same bus as the French and I, offered to take them because he had the same camera. The losertron zoomed right in on me so it ...

... is quite something in this eerie land. We were guided by a pony tailed, Humphrey Bogart sounding, joker. Or at least he seemed to be quite amusing- I can´t work out a word spoken in Chile- they seem to eat their words so even the few words I did know I now struggle with. <br><br>It was a nice enough start to Chile but I found the town a bit aloof and pricey but a 24 hour bus ride was about to transport us to the coast and a goodbye to altitude. <br>

... conquistadores. We hiked around the ruins, explored the caves and found some gigantic head statues. From the Mirador we could look down into Valle de la Muerte which was pretty breath taking.<br>That afternoon Theora took a nap to recover from our red-eye and a guy named Mikol from the agency showed me around the población outside of town while I waited for Margot and Natasha to show up.<br>When they got there we shared a spaghetti dinner with some Israeli ...

et voila, jai pris mon bus a 22h direction sanj pedro, apres, il faut bien lavouer, avoir craquer pour un sundae ds un des rares mc do damerique latine (et tant mieux). jai aussi manger du super poisson ac aucune aretes (de la reineta)<br>jembarque, et je dois dire que le voyage passe plutot biem, a part que ds la nuit (4h du matin), on ns reveille , il faut descendre du car.... porqueeeeeeeeeeeeeee?<br>no se!!!!<br>en fait cest un controle de douane, je me sais ...

... Chile appeared far more "civilised" and advanced by western standards. San Pedro was very clean, there was no hassle from hawkers or beggars and the food a pleasure to eat. Whilst parts of Bolivia were great, I don't think I've ever experienced such a stark difference in the standards of living by simply crossing a border.<br><br>San Pedro is famous for its surrounding desert landscape. The desert beckoned, so the following day we hired a couple of mountain ...

... ride away as long as you have the money to dish out for the ride. There are hot springs, salt fields, volcanos, canyons, sand boarding, and flamingos. It is very touristy with people trying to sell you their tour of anything on every corner for quite high prices. <br><br>We were able to find cheaper thrills in discovering one of the most beautiful soccer fields I have ever seen, buying groceries at a little ...

... couple of days to adjust to the thin air, but that is great as from here we move up into Bolivia!<br><br>Our short stay in this long skinny country has come to and end and as usual our closing thoughts...<br><br>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! <br><br>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 ...

... 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 <br><br>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 ...