A Decent Descent and Dessert in a Deserted Desert.

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May 8th 2015

Published: May 19th 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 Full Entry

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Theresa and Dave

Crannster

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Geysers

The volcanic hot-spot of El Tatio

Steaming Stream

El Tatio

El Tatio Geisers

The Geysers at El Tatio

Volcanic Vent

El Tatio

Bofedales

The bofedales are the tufts of grass that flourish in this desolate place. Atacama desert.

Mountain Scenery

Between San Pedro de Atacama and El Tatio

Church

The village of Machuca near San Pedro de Atacama

Andean Flamingo

It was great to see these guys again.

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.

21st May 2015

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Excellent adventures and great photos!
I love the way you two really explore--climbing up to get overviews of towns and valleys, biking around to get the close perspective and to have that otherworldly Valle de la Luna to yourselves. Good thing your Andean blood was supercharged down here at the very hot sea level. I was just in Arica this weekend, and I fried as I climbed El Morro--quite a change from your usual polar climate! Looking forward to your next adventures!

26th May 2015

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Seeing it all
You really are taking the time to get out and embrace every opportunity.

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