Lulu and William go adventuring in SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA, CHILE.


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Published: May 15th 2009
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30 Marzo - 3 Abril 2009 In a taco shell… San Pedro de Atacama- Situated 2400m above sea level in the Atacama Desert- the driest desert in the world- San Pedro is a town of adobe huts surrounded by volcanoes and desert valleys, has one working ATM and acted as our entry point to Bolivia. There are so many things for a traveller to do here- bike tours, horse riding, sand boarding, geyser and h... Read Full Entry



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San Pedro de Atacama

San Pedro, a little oasis, in the very dry and arid Atacama Desert
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San Pedro de Atacama

Looking back on the town of San Pedro
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San Pedro de Atacama

Such a big desert for such a little person
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San Pedro de Atacama

We took a little break....
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San Pedro de Atacama

to admire the view.....
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San Pedro de Atacama

and set up for this awesome downhill - it was a lot steeper and hardcore than it looks in the photo - promise!
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San Pedro de Atacama

We had absolutely no idea where we were going, but riding through the desert canyons was a lot of fun.
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San Pedro de Atacama

Our guesthouse - Intipara (The name means Sun Rain in the Quechua language). We ended up spending a little more time here than expected due to sickness, but it definately wasn´t a bad place to be stuck!
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San Pedro de Atacama

Venturing out of bed after spending a couple of days recovering from a nasty dose of altitude sickness to watch the sunset.



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