Chile was....chilly
After heading over to South America to catch up with Maria we managed to squeeze in a fair few sights and as many night buses before heading to Peru for some cheaper action.
Chile was basically a mad dash north but we stopped at San Pedro de Atecama to check out some Geysers and some pretty spectacular salt flats. Most of the west of South America is volcanic and San Pedro was no exception, sitting next to the Andes it is surrounded by volcanoes with the last eruption being only a few years ago. In the top picture here you can see the Geysers we visited. We had to get up at 4am to get to the site whilst it was still cold as this is when the steam is most obvious because of the temperature difference. It was bloody freezing up there until the sun came up which is why I am still confused as to why we then jumped in a hot spring.... a good idea until we had to get back out of it!
Chile was basically a mad dash north but we stopped at San Pedro de Atecama to check out some Geysers and some pretty spectacular salt flats. Most of the west of South America is volcanic and San Pedro was no exception, sitting next to the Andes it is surrounded by volcanoes with the last eruption being only a few years ago. In the top picture here you can see the Geysers we visited. We had to get up at 4am to get to the site whilst it was still cold as this is when the steam is most obvious because of the temperature difference. It was bloody freezing up there until the sun came up which is why I am still confused as to why we then jumped in a hot spring.... a good idea until we had to get back out of it!
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