Arrived into San Pedro about 09:30. Met a nice couple from Sweden (Alexander and Hanna) on the overnight bus from Iquique who were also staying in Backpackers Hostel San Pedro so we all made our way to the hostel together.
I wasn´t feeling the best when I arrived into San Pedro ... bit of a flu or a cold (probably from all the late nigts in Iquique). After arriving to the hostel, Fabiola, the owner gave us all a run down on what to do in and around San Pedro. I wasn´t feeling the best but figured I would join the others and go on an excursion in the afternoon to Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley). Glad I went .. absolutely amazing views.
Tuesday 8th Febuary
Feeling miserable today. Really bad cold and I´ve aches and pains all over. Went to the chemist who refused to give me antibiotics without a doctors prescription so I had to go to the emergency room in the local clinic to see a doctor. I was in and out in less than 5 mins with a prescription for antibiotics. All for free!
I also got my ticket to Salta, Argentina for next Sunday (31,000 CHP ... very expensive!). No places on the bus until then so I´m going to be spending 6 nights in total here in San Pedro. Alot longer than I had hoped. 3 days (maximum) is required for San Pedro, but as I was not feeling the best, I figured I could just take it easy here after all the partying in Iquique the week before!
I spent Wednesday and Thursday hanging out at the hostel, and walking about San Pedro. Nice town, but very touristy and can be quite expensive.
Friday 11th Febuary
Was feeling alot better today so decided to go on another afternon excursion .. this time to Laguna Cejar and the Salt flats outside San Pedro. A few other backpackers from the hostel were also going (Anna and Chris from UK and Juan from Spain). Laguna Cejar is a salt lake .. so you cant actually drown even if you tried which is good for me as I cant swim. Anyway .. it felt very strange floating on the salt lake ... but good fun.
After, we went to the Salt flats near San Pedro and took some funny pictures:
Some photos of sunset at the Salt flats:
Fabiola prepared food and some Pisco Sours for everyone to watch the sunset at the Salt flats.
Saturday 12th Febuary
Very early start today ... was up at 3am as I was getting picked up at 4am by a tour agency to go and see the geysers outside San Pedro. This is one of the most popular tours to do in the area but the early start is a nightmare. Everyone had to wrap up really warm as the geysers are at a high altitude and its really cold. We arrived at the Geysers around 06:30 ... had a short tour followed by breakfast.
Later we visited the thermal baths near the Geysers:
We started making our way back to San Pedro about 10:00, stopping off in a few places to take some pictures of the wildlife and also a small town.
We arrived back to San Pedro about 13:00 so had the rest of the afternoon to hang out in San Pedro, have some dinner and relax back at the hostel.
Sunday 13th Febuary
Bus to Salta, Argentina (630km) ... to be honest, although I liked San Pedro de Atacama after spending 6 nights here I was looking forward to leaving. Myself and an Australian girl from the hostel both had tickets for the same bus so we headed down to get the bus about 10:30. I think the bus eventually arrived at 12:00. So happy to be heading back to Argentina and looking forward to seeing Salta as Ive heard so much good things about the place. On the otherhand also a bit sad leaving Chile for the last time ... have seen so many fantastic places in Chile since I first arrived here back in late November.
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