Back to beloved Chile

It was ciao to Buenos Aires, and to Fanny, Geraldine and Lisa. Fun weekend had by all, but some had to go home, and we needed to keep moving on too. 20 hours later, we were in Salta, in the north east of Argentina.



It was a short visit. We spent one night in a city centre hostel before getting the early morning bus over the border to the small town of San Pedro de Atacama, and back to our beloved Chile! The bus passed over the Andes at 4,800 feet, and you could feel the effects of the altitude, headaches and shortness of breath, even in just the 10 hours the journey took.



San Pedro's a little 'Gringo' village packed with hostels, tour agencies, internet cafes, bars and restaurants, nestled by an oasis in the middle of the world's driest desert, the Atacama. We spent two nights in the HI hostel there, on our second day taking a tour to see the sunset over the spectacular moon valley.









On Sat 15 Oct, we were up at 7 to join our tour company for the three day jeep tour over the border into Bolivia. And so we bid our final farewell to Chile. Definitely my favourite country in South America so far this trip. I hope to be back to you again some day...