San Pedro de Atacama17 Oct 2009
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San Pedro de Atacama
San Pedro de Atacama
Kirsty at Death Valley
After our tour of Salar de Uyuni we crossed the Bolivian border into Chile and made our way to the desert town of San Pedro de Atacama. The town is completely tourist orientated (as tourism is pretty much its sole purpose) but it was all quite nice, although quite dusty, and we really enjoyed being there, apart from the cost! San Pedro de Atacama is an expensive town by most standards but after cheap Bolivia it was a bit of shock to adjust to the prices!
Anyway, we still managed to have fun by going sand boarding on the dunes of Death Valley and then visited Valley of the Moon and watched the sun set. Sand boarding is similar to snow boarding, except you have to lean back so your board doesn’t get stuck in the sand, it’s much slower as the sand isn’t as slippy and unfortunately there are no lifts so you have to hike back up the dune each time!
We also spent an afternoon on mountain bikes exploring the surrounding area – although the dirt tracks were a bit sandy and rocky for my liking!
Oh, and the best thing about San Pedro de Atacama is it’s warm and sunny (well, during the day it is)!
