Tuesday, May 17, 2005
San Pedro de Atacama
- The first thing we noticed when we crossed into Chile was the paved highway with guard railings, painted lines, et al. What a refresher!
- We spent about a day and a half in San Pedro de Atacama mostly just relaxing. A lot of the time we bumpted into and hung out with 2 American med students that kept us well entertained.
- After 3 days of "fine" cuisine served by the tour, we treated ourselves to a really nice dinner, complete with some excellent Chilean merlot.
- The restaurant had an open pit fire right at the centre - a nice touch
- We toured San Pedro's version of "Death Valley" on horseback. There is nothing quite like galloping across untouched sand dunes. (Things to note when riding a horse: A horse is NOT a car. It will not necessarily go exactly where YOU want to go. A horse can also get tired.)
- It felt like forever when we had 2 errands to run and 7 hours to kill before our bus ride out.
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