Tuesday 15 May 2012

Around Atacama

San Pedro de Atacama with a population of less than 2,000 people, as the welcome sign states (2002 census).  Well at least 1,800 of those are involved in selling tours or running guesthouses.

Today´s itenery a bit of an epic one to fit in as many highlights as possible before heading out of town tomorrow. 
4am start to see the geysers, an afternoon trip to the moon valley & finally some late night stargazing looking at Saturn, stars and the milky way in one of the astronomy hit spots of the world.
Yesterday involved some more bike hiring to see some Incan ruins followed by a trip to a lake allegedly more salty than the dead sea.



The  3 Marys
Inca ruins

Dune in the moon valley

geysers

geysers


death valley

salt lake

geysers

geysers

lama (edible)

1 comment:

  1. Surely a Llama, not a Lama?

    And I hope that you made at least 8-10 geyser/geezer related puns.

    Andy

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