Blogs from Atacama, Chile, South America - page 23

Dag 51. Det er rart hvor mye lettere det er aa staa tidlig opp om morgenen naar du gleder deg til noe. Oppe 06:00 uten problem! Spiste god frokost (ristet brod med marmelade og appelsinjuice) for vi tok drosje til bussterminalen 06:30. Ganske noyaktig 07:00 gikk bussen. Bussen kjorte via Jujuy og videre til Purmamarca. Der tok den av mot “Paso de Jama” og Chile. Store deler av turen gikk i 3500-4000 m hoyde, det hoyeste punktet paa turen var Paso de Jama som er 4400 moh. Turen gikk videre over punaen mellom snodekte fjell, sjoer og saltsletter. Vi saa mange vicunja´er langs veien. Det var et omraade med lite bebyggelse - det gikk timer mellom hver gang vi saa en landsby. Rett for Paso de Jama stoppet vi paa den Argentinske siden av grensen for ... read more

Arrived in Copiapo via a 5 hour bus ride in Premier Class - must be the comfiest bus ride ever. Spent the night in a hotel and then got up next morning to book a tour of the salt plains and Laguna Verde (Green Lake). Driver spoke un poko english and we spoke even less spanish. We had full-on conversations without either of us having a clue what the other was on about. So we went from 300m to 4,300m above sea level to look at this green pond. It was an amazing sight. A complete desert cropped with mountains and volcanoes and suddenly a enormous green oasis. We were lost for words. We both felt a little altitude sickness and were glad to get back down to a full atmosphere. It was bloody freezing up ... read more

Die Atacama Wueste ein magischer Ort The Atacama Desert a magic Place 1. San Pedro de Atacama - eine kleine Oase inmitten der Atacama Wueste / San Pedro de Atacama - a small Oasis in the middle of the Atacama desert German: Nach einer Marathonbusfahrt von Santiago de Chile nach San Pedro de Atacama, die ungefaehr 24 Stunden andauerte, kam ich in der Nacht in San Pedro an. Der Bus hielt, doch ich sah nirgends Lichter. Lediglich ein paar kleine Lichter in der Ferne. Es sah aus, als ob wir irgendwo in der Wueste hielten, wo Salz abgebaut wird und Arbeiter aussteigen muessen, wie es so oft waehrend einer Busfahrt geschieht. Ich war anscheinend nicht die einzige Person, die das dachte. Fast alle warteten darauf, dass die Fahrt weitergeht. Nachdem dann der Busfahrer laut rief "San ... read more

Day 33 A day full of travel, with the plane journey back to Buenos Aires and then a quick stop at Millhouse to meet up with Col then off to the bus station to get a bus overnight to Cordoba. Day 34 Arrived in Cordoba and wandered to our hostel to have a little nap. Had a wander around the town during the day while Claire was a lazy bones and stayed in bed watching Along Came Polly for the 14th time on the trip. You like to Scuba? Cooked some pasta for din dins then hit some sauce and went on the town. Its a massive university city (7 of them) so there was loads of folk out and about. Had plenty of drinks, me and Col had a couple of naps and then left ... read more

On a passé notre 3eme jour a explorer les geysers et les montagnes autour d´Atacama. Leves a 3 heures du mat pour etre au Geysers del Tatio a 6 heures (2 heures de routes dans les montagnes), la encore les paysages etaient de toute beaute: volcans, geysers, piscines geo-thermales, village perdu dans les montagnes, lamas et autres animaux des Andes… Le Geyser del Tatio est le geyser je crois le plus haut du monde a 4300 metres dáltitude (et d´ailleurs, on les sent bien l´altitude et le changement de pression: soufflé court, tete qui tourne). Et puis en plus a 6 heures du mat dans les montagnes, dans le desert, il y fait plutot froid: -10 quand on est arrives. L´eau est gelle jusqu´a ce que le soleil arrive et decongele tout l´apres-midi avec ses 30 ... read more