San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

We left our adventure across the Bolivian Altiplano behind and made our way to San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. The road was paved and the bus air conditionned. Basically, it could not have felt more different to what we had been used for the past few weeks. Chile (with Brazil) are the most expensive countries in South America and my purse was given a reality check when I (easily) managed to spend over 150 USD in the mere 3 days we were in Chile. Ouch.

One thing to say:"Thank you strong Pound. Thank you".

San Pedro is a desert town in which you would expect some random South American version of the Sioux to come and ask you to eat in their restaurant. It has a chilled out atmosphere and a few unpaved dirt roads to add to that vibe. The restaurants are of European standard (ie. the food is brought out at the same time for everyone) and of European prices.

We didn't do much during our time there. Namely searched for Magnum ice cream (which proved impossible) and took a tour to the Valle de La Luna the (supposedly) driest place on earth.

But all too soon it was time to say goodbye to Joy and Trine the girls with whom I had been travelling with for the past month. I admit, it was a hard one, I had grown attached to those Crazy Danes. I left Chile with Chez by my side (the remaining member of Team XTreme) and we boarded an 18H bus to Salta, Argentina.


Team Extreme