Desert Biking

Valle de la Luna, San Pedro de Atacama

A Decent Descent and Dessert in a Deserted Desert.

May 8th 2015
From Lauca National Park in Chile’s northern extreme, we descended over four and a half thousand metres to the city of Arica at sea level. Pop went the ears and bang went the lungs! We went from the cold and icy, windswept and barren Andean Altiplano to the hot, expansive and treeless sand of the super-dry Atacama Desert in a couple of hours. We sported our super-hero capes as our oxygen levels ... 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

19th May 2015

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Desert Biking
Gotta admire the tough souls on bikes in the Atacama. We saw them suffer the climbs in February...some not getting off to push up the steep hills...possibly 'cause we were watching! Gotta admire you if you were such hardy souls albeit a couple of months later. Love this pic...the scenery around there is stunning.

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