We have arrived in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile after a 3 day tour from Uyuni. There a lot of mixed reports from other travellers on their tours in this area but we were pleasantly suprised with ours. Our first day we went to the Salar de Uyuni (we could not wait to try our luck at taking some of those infamous salt flat photos) and Incahuasi Island. It was such an incredible place with white salt stretching out to the horizon against a bright blue sky. At the end of the day we stayed in a hotel made of salt which was also quite interesting.
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| Train Graveyard |
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| Salt Hostal |
Our second day we explored some areas around volcanoes, visited different coloured lagoons filled with hundreds of flamingos, and saw the Arbol de Piedra. It was amazing how much the landscape could change within an hour of driving! Our second night we stayed in a freezing hostel with stone beds. We had heard from a number of people that this night would be freezing so we opted to rent sleeping bags in Uyuni and I would say that it was the best 30 bolivianos I have ever spent. If you go on this tour, I also suggest bringing some of the foot warmers you buy at ski resorts. They were perfect at the bottom of the sleeping bag and kept my feet nice and warm!
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| Arbol de Piedra |
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| Our cold stone hostel |
Our last day on the tour we visited some geysers, laguna verde, and went to some hot springs. I had confirmed with our guide that there would be a place to change at the hot springs but to my surprise, there was no such place. It was quite the experience trying to shimmy into my bathing suit while Adam covered me with his jacket...
Yesterday in San Pedro de Atacama we met up with some friends from sucre and we all tried sandboarding in the death valley. After getting our two wheel drive van stuck in the sand for quite some time, our group effort finally paid off and we were on our way to the big dune. It was quite the experience and we are stilling finding sand everywhere! After sandboarding we went to the valle de la luna to watch the sunset with some pisco sours before exploring some salt caves.
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| Valle de la Luna |
We are leaving San Pedro today to hit some beach towns further south before heading to La Serena.
A few more notes on Sucre in Bolivia: they have the best chorizo sandwiches you could ever imagine in the central market. You must go to the stand 7 de lunares if you are in town. They also have great juice and fruit salad stands with some exotic and delicious fruit (Try the starfruit juice with milk!). We also went to see a Bolivian folklore and dance show called Origenes here that we would highly recommend. In true Hunter sister fashion I was pulled on stage at the end of the show to dance...
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