San Pedro de Atacama

I finally left Santiago to go to San Pedro in the Atacama desert, which is one of the dryest parts of the world. The 24h busdrive was definetly worth it. I saw the whole westcoast of chile and a beautiful sunset. In the morning I woke up in the middle in the desert. Arrived in Antofagasta, on the left was the Pacific ocean and on the right desert, nothing in between..really impressiv. In Antofagasta I saw Condors on a rooftop, that were dropping Mr.Hankys all over the place.

Here I also met my two french rommmates (Armine+Lea). In San Pedro de Atacama we took the worst hostel so far! Fuck the Florida hostel!! No warm water, the guy eats our food and runs after your money all the time. The same way is the city> they just want your money and the prices are twice as high as in Santiago.

But the best thing is the landscape. Everyday we took tours. The first tour was into the Moonvalley (Valley de la luna). There we were watching the sunset and the panorama of the Andes. In the evening we joint a star observation at Allans place. He and his wife explained us the stars of rhe southern hemnisphere and showed us stars, planets and nebulas through his telescopes.

The next morning we went to the Laguna Miscanti. We saw Flamingos, huge saltlakes and the laguna at over 4200m above sealevel. After a short lunch (Lllamameat...hhhmmmm) we visited Toconao, an old village.

Then we went at 4h in the morning to the Tatio Geysires, which are 4300m high. It was fucking cold (minus 11 degree Celsius). We had a breakfast that was cooked in the Geysires and watched the sunset. After that we took a bath in the therms, really nice!! Then we visited a village and had Cocatea, Llamameat and Empanadas. The landscape was awesome. A desert that changed within 500m to an oasis and back..
In the afternoon we rented three horses and went on an two hour ride...my first time! I had some unwanted sprints, but the rest worked out very well!!

The next day me and Armine rented a bike and made a little tour around San Pedro. We went to an ancient settlement and enjoyed the landscape.
My bus left San Pedro in the afternoon and I finally arrived again in Santiago.

Chile overall has a pretty nice landscape but it is way to modern in my opinion, people don't know nothing about their culture and just focus on the money. I knew more about their culture then the local guide. Nothing compared to Mexico. Time to leave to New-Zealand!!

San Pedro de Atacama