San Pedro de Atacama
Blondie and then Keane made for a top weekend. We spent monday doing the usual pre long bus ride prep.. packed our gear and stored and it then took the metro to the Brazilian Embassy, our Visas were ready and the whole pick up process was over in mere minutes.. thankfully.. we shopped around for Manu Chau CD. There is one song of their´s that has become the soundtrack of our trip.. filled up the ¨snack¨bag with some goodies as the bus food is usually really really rubbish.. after dad left we moved to another hostel which had a really pimpy common area and a kitchen! big comfy couches, tv, dvd,s and english magazines.. but the real goldmine was the ¨free¨music we spotted on one of the computers.. 2-3 hours later both our mp3 players had a lil less space on them! score!
basically monday was a chill out day.. we cooked a nice meal and indulged in another fab bottle of chilean wine before trudging off to the bus terminal.. this time we were in for a 20hr bus ride north to antofagasto.. with a 3 hr layover and then a bus to calama (5hrs) then finally a bus to san pedro (1hr).. needless to say after all of that we REALLY needed a beer.. luckily we found a hostel that we booked in Calama (not our usual organized selves).. that had a nice bar right next store.. 24+hrs on a bus is not exactly my cup of tea but a necessary evil.. sadly none of the movies had english or english subtitles.. major bummer.. but we had new tunes, new books and that somehow made the time pass.. because the scenery out the window was endless monotonous desert..
san pedro is really small.. very ¨desert¨we like it.. Heather hit the nail on the head, it´s like we took a space time machine.. from the biggest city in the country to this really small remote desert town... are we even still in chile.. it sure doesn´t feel like it!
we have booked some tours for the next 2 days and are still deciding on who to go with for a 3 day journey across the bolivian border. we have decided to skip going back to peru. but are way stoked to be heading into a new country! we have heard SO much good stuff about bolivia from other travellers.. let´s hope it lives up to the hype..
oh did i mention this is one of the driest deserts in the world?
basically monday was a chill out day.. we cooked a nice meal and indulged in another fab bottle of chilean wine before trudging off to the bus terminal.. this time we were in for a 20hr bus ride north to antofagasto.. with a 3 hr layover and then a bus to calama (5hrs) then finally a bus to san pedro (1hr).. needless to say after all of that we REALLY needed a beer.. luckily we found a hostel that we booked in Calama (not our usual organized selves).. that had a nice bar right next store.. 24+hrs on a bus is not exactly my cup of tea but a necessary evil.. sadly none of the movies had english or english subtitles.. major bummer.. but we had new tunes, new books and that somehow made the time pass.. because the scenery out the window was endless monotonous desert..
san pedro is really small.. very ¨desert¨we like it.. Heather hit the nail on the head, it´s like we took a space time machine.. from the biggest city in the country to this really small remote desert town... are we even still in chile.. it sure doesn´t feel like it!we have booked some tours for the next 2 days and are still deciding on who to go with for a 3 day journey across the bolivian border. we have decided to skip going back to peru. but are way stoked to be heading into a new country! we have heard SO much good stuff about bolivia from other travellers.. let´s hope it lives up to the hype..
oh did i mention this is one of the driest deserts in the world?
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