Wednesday, December 31, 2008

San Pedro De Atacama - aka desert hippy town


After a long, boring immigration process we made it back into Chile. San Pedro is the home of dredlocks, tatts and bicycles. The latest gringo hotspot. We spent most of our time enjoying the welcome heat in hammocks, resting our weary bones.

Deciding that we might be too sedantry, we joined a tour of the Valle de la Luna. A place that reputably takes on a look of the moon, especially after rain. There is a LOT of salt around. There is a small range of hills that are essentially made of salt, with a little mud sprinkled in. It even crackles when changing temperature. Sunset over the Valley was beautiful with the changing ochre colours and shadows, taken from the top of a massive sand dune.

Next stop Argentina - goodbye desert, hello beef capital!

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