Geyser at Rest

Some of the geysers go every 90 seconds and some every few hours. At any given time at this geyser field a geyser can just start spurting out extremely hot water straight into the air. It is funny because there were no fences or boundries, you just have to sort of watch yourself. I am so used to such strict rules and precaucions in the States that I am still not used to the lax attitude here in South America.

Awesome Desertness

February 25th 2008
In a city called Arica now. It is on the Peruvian and Bolivian border in the north of Chile. Arrived here last night from San Pedro de Atacama. Since I last wrote I have been on 37 hours of bus rides, eaten by weight in empanadas and have had more sand in my shoes to fill a child´s sandbox! Stayed in a little hostel in San Pedro off the beaten path. The city itself was actually super bizarre ... read more

South America » Chile » Arica & Parinacota » Arica

Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more

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