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South America » Chile » Atacama August 25th 2008

Na het ontbijt in ons hostal gaan we op pad met onze huurauto. Zijn we net de plaats San Pedro de Atacama uit: douane… iedereen moet hier stoppen en naar het loket van de politie gaan. Hier vertellen we dat we een rondtour (in Chili) gaan maken, maar we moeten evengoed onze paspoorten en immigratiepapieren (die we in het vliegtuig hebben gekregen en die op de luchthaven zijn gestempeld bij binnenkomst) laten zien en toen: een stempel van export, met andere woorden: we gaan Chili uit! Maar dat is helemaal onze bedoeling niet… We weten dat het gebied waar we naar toe gaan maar 20 km van de Argentijnse grens ligt, maar we blijven toch echt in Chili… Dan stuurt hij ons naar de douane voor…? Staan we daar, komt hij, de politieman, naar ons toegerent ... read more
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South America » Chile » Atacama » Copiapó August 24th 2008

and what you´ve all been waiting for...... me in a school uniform!!! Also some pictures of me going downtown with a couple friends. There is a collectivo (public transportation... sort of like taxis but they only go back and forth between a set of certain stops depending on the number thats on the car) stop a short walk from my house, which makes it really easy to go into town with friends and whatnot. I´ve done that a few times after school and on weekends.... also a few of my friends live pretty close by so it´s easy to meet up with them! Nothing much exciting has been going on... just school in the week, and going out on the weekends. My lenguaje teacher has told me that i´ve been improving rapidly on my assignments, which ... read more
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South America » Chile » Atacama August 24th 2008

Vandaag zouden we eigenlijk gaan vliegen van Iquique naar Calama om daar vandaan met een huurauto naar San Pedro de Atacama te rijden. Helaas heeft de LAN deze vlucht op het laatste moment gecancelled, waardoor we de route nu gaan rijden (in plaats van 50 minuten vliegen, rijden we nu 410 km….) Vanochtend dus rond half 8 met onze huurauto vertrokken richting San Pedro de Atacama. Maar voordat we daar zijn… We kregen het advies om de kustweg te nemen in plaats van de Panamericana, want dat zou sneller zijn naar Calama. En gelukkig hebben we geluisterd, want wat een mooie route! Zigzaggend langs de ‘zandbergen’ met schitterende uitzichten op de zee en vergezichten. Halverwege de route gaan we van regio I naar regio II. En dat betekent: douane… Gelukkig heeft het verhuurbedrijf ons een briefje ... read more
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South America » Chile » Atacama » Chañaral August 24th 2008

Dag 71 og 72. Vaskedamen paa Sunny Days kom lopende mot oss da vi var paa vei til frokost, og takket oss nok en gang for maten hun hadde faatt igaar. Ungen hennes hadde elsket den. Det de ikke var klar over var at det var over 20 fedd hvitlok i gryten - saa vi var ikke de eneste som stinket hvitlok idag... I dag skulle i faa postet premien til Trond. Vi gikk til byen, Ross hadde fortalt at pakker som skulle sendes utenlands maatte kontrolleres (innholdet) for de ble sendt. Det er ikke alltid like lett aa faa sendt ting, postkontoret selger stort sett ikke annet enn frimerker (ikke konvolutter engang). Denne gangen fikk vi ikke sendt premien fordi at fortollings-kontrollorene kun hadde kontordag mandager og onsdager. Vi spiste italiensk pizza til lunsj, ikke ... read more

South America » Chile » Atacama » Copiapó August 19th 2008

A few pictures of weekend nightlife here (carriete = party) Also a few pictures of my room! (I´ve now moved into my own room!!!)... read more
Cata Dancing
La Pollo and Bianca
DJ Mesa and Me

South America » Chile » Atacama » Copiapó August 11th 2008

Some photos of the view and whatnot from here in Copiapó... also, today (being last sunday... sorry for the delay) Osvaldo gave me a historical tour of Copiapó.... which we're going to have to do again when I understand more spanish! I did actually manage to understand the majority though... anyway some of the pictures are from today.... read more
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statues
down the street

South America » Chile » Atacama » Copiapó August 11th 2008

Mamá and Osvaldo took me to see a performance of traditional Chilean dances on friday...! sorry the pics are pretty crappy cause of the lack of light, but the videos are really cool!... read more
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South America » Chile » Atacama August 9th 2008

When Madonna sang eloquently of her love for San Pedro, we assumed the ´girl with the desert in her eyes´ referred to the worlds dryest place - the Atacama desert. And we figured we would love it also. And so we left Argentina, for the dry delights of Northern Chile. And we found San Pedro. And it was kind of nice enough. It was just that you could safely fire a gun down the main street, and not hit a single local. It is easy to see why San Pedro is a hive of history when getting out of it and looking back. It is set down in a depression, bringing the scarce water resource closer to the surface. The early travellers would have seen a relative oasis. Pre-inca civilisations blended into an Inca colony (a ... read more
Spot the local (by day)
Great way to get around
Best empanadas ever

South America » Chile » Atacama » Copiapó August 8th 2008

On last sunday i went to the beach with Mamá, Osvaldo, Felipe and his girlfriend Tamara... we went snorkling and the water was FREEZING! but it was pretty cool too (in the other meaning of the word)... read more
in wet suits...

South America » Chile » Atacama » Copiapó August 8th 2008

Just a few pictures from school on thursday... read more
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