Tonight, my friends and I are leaving overnight on a bus to San Pedro de Atacama, the most beautiful city in the driest place on earth- the Atacama Desert. I could not be more excited! We have been talking about making this trip all semester and we finally found a good time for everyone to leave behind work, travel there, and spend some time enjoying the touristy aspects of northern Chile.
A total of 6 of us will be going together, and there are many other people from our program who are traveling there on their way back up from Santiago and other cities. We are staying in a hostel close to the center of town and the owner of the hostel is picking us up and dropping us off at the bus station- a nice welcome to the city. We are planning on bringing lots of food and water because the town itself is extremely touristy and prices are supposed to be ridiculous, but we are still looking forward to some culinary adventures in tourist-land.
On top of all this, we are planning on going on some amazing tours to sight-seeing spots around the area. Right now, we’re hoping to make it to a valley that looks like the surface of the moon, gysers, lagoons, and a salt flat. I found some pictures online but hopefully these won’t even compare to the sights we will see on my trip!
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| Valley of the Moon |
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| Laguna |
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| Geysers |
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| Salt flat |
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- Marisa
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