Welcome to a Virtual San Pedro de Atacama. What we've seen here you plain can't see anywhere else. NASA uses these valleys as Mars test grounds. We left home in Santiago at 3:30 a.m. and landed at 8:55 a.m. Calama airport, 100 km from SPA, greets you with mountains and vast nothingness.
We ended up spending five hours touring, hiking, and burning through 55 SPF before getting a little cool from the sunset over Valle de la Luna. We slept well back at Hostal Mamatierra - aptly named for the area. Nature is queen mother, and we are curious and tiny, like babies seeing the world for the first time.
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| Welcome to the very busy city of Calama. At 8 am. Already awake 5 hours. Napped with my head on the traytable in a middle seat. So, didn't nap at all. |
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| We went to the Grand Canyon. Kidding, it was actually the Moon. Well, the Valley of the Moon. |
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| While I wandered off... |
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| Kate made lots of friends. |
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| And then we went to Death Valley. |
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| Then we went for an unexpected hike. Which is totally what you want to do after waking up at 3 a.m. |
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| Sand slide, wheee! |
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| Kate rested in a cave. It wasn't comfortable for resting. |
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| Taken by my new friend Marionela, from Uruguay. Worth the random hike. |
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| But I'm pretty sure this was the Grand Canyon? |
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| A skyrainbow! |
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| The hostel from the hammock |
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