Blogs from San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region, Chile, South America - page 44

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Our First Road in a While After being left for a while standing on the border with Chile, our bus finally turned up. I've never been so pleased to see a cloud of dust rising from the road in the distance - the sure sign of a vehicle coming our way. After 5 minutes of dirt track we reached something quite unexpected - a road! The first proper road we'd experienced in quite a long time - it had lines on it, (yellow at the sides and white down the middle) and it also had signs proclaiming a speed limit, warning you of sharp bends etc. Well I was already beginning to like the civilised nature of Chile after less than 10 minutes - and the fact that our driver obeyed the aforementioned speed limit had ... read more
Our room in Hostal Sanchek
Middle Chile's Wine Growing Region from the Bus


San Pedro de Atacama (San Pedro for short) is a small village located in one of the many oases which are founded in the altiplano of the second region of Chile. Along this geographic zone rise some of the highest volcanoes of the Los Andes cordillera. Formerly the center of the Atacama culture, nowadays this small town has a big importance and it is considered as the archeological capital of Chile. But it is important also because of its extreme geographic position, the beauty of the landscape and its eternal blue sky. Due to the amazing landscape of this zone, San Pedro has turned into the start point of the touristic activity and the excursions around the region. Here you can find a big variety of services for the visitors such as lodging, restaurants, tourist ... read more
valle de la luna& Luis
sandboarding
Pie de limon


Greetings from La Paz, Bolivia. The internet here is sooo slow that it has just taken me the best part of 40 minutes to read 3 messages. So, thanks to all of you who have written, and I will try to reply when I next get to a computer with a decent connection! The last few weeks have been mad since leaving Pucon (the volcano place) where I last e-mailed. We went straight up to Santiago, the capital of Chile, and met up with a Chilean friend who took us to his house and made us a home cooked meal (not had one of those in a while) and then drove us into the mountains to see Santiago by night. We could spot our hotel, the Sheraton, shining brightly...!?? When you think of Chile, what do ... read more
Dusty Streets of San Pedro
Atacama Dessert
Sand Dune




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