I'm in the Atacama Desert. It's not raining. Strange that. I'm staying in San Pedro, it's in an oasis and is ever so slightly more user friendly than Copiapo was. 
It was a bit of a mission getting here, mind, two overnight buses on the spin. Forty eight hours without washing, changing or speaking English. Well backpacker.
Last night watched the sunset over the Moon Valley - second moon valley of my trip, incidentally - then watched the sunrise over the El Tatio geysers this morning. At the risk of sounding ungrateful, i think that the highest - as in altitude - geysers in the world would be quite spectacular anytime. The whole sunrise thing seemed extravagant. And VERY cold: the kind of cold that freezes geothermal springs. It meant I ignored the signs and got into a geyser, gently scalding myself on the egg-smelling, toxic steam. Now I can't see a reason why that would be a bad idea, right...
It was a bit of a mission getting here, mind, two overnight buses on the spin. Forty eight hours without washing, changing or speaking English. Well backpacker.
Last night watched the sunset over the Moon Valley - second moon valley of my trip, incidentally - then watched the sunrise over the El Tatio geysers this morning. At the risk of sounding ungrateful, i think that the highest - as in altitude - geysers in the world would be quite spectacular anytime. The whole sunrise thing seemed extravagant. And VERY cold: the kind of cold that freezes geothermal springs. It meant I ignored the signs and got into a geyser, gently scalding myself on the egg-smelling, toxic steam. Now I can't see a reason why that would be a bad idea, right...
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pete i see there is evidence that you have been online sine i sent you proposed itinary???? you don't like my plan? too much skiing mayve! fi x
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