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Endnu en update. Efter vores fantastiske dage i Santiago stod San Pedro De Atacama (i det nordlige Chile) som naeste stop paa turen. Vi tog flyveren til Calama og herefter bussen den sidste times tid op i bjergene til oerkenomraadet. Vi havde snakket med 'Team Canada', mens vi var i Santiago, og de mente helt bestemt, at vi skulle "teame up" i San Pedro. Saa da vi ankom til byen, brugte vi eftermiddagen paa at indhente ideer og tilbud paa forskellige aktiviteter. Da Team Canada saa ankom om aftenen, havde vi allerede lavet et fem doegnsprogram. Det foerste doegn foregik i San Pedro, hvorefter de resterende var en tur mod og ind i Bolivia. Her fortaeller vi kun om San Pedro, men her skete der alligevel meget paa kort tid ;). Naeste morgen kl. 04.00 blev vi hentet paa vores hostel og koerte 2 timer op til verdens hoejestliggende gejseromraade i 4750 m hoejde. Her fik vi set lidt og ligeledes lidt historik omkring egnen. Saa fik vi lov til at bade i varmekilderne taet paa gejserne og ligeledet serveret morgenmad, heriblandt aeg kogt i gejsere! Efter at have vaagnet lidt mere, koerte vi rundt i bjergene og saa forskellige sights, herunder aktive vulkaner, lokale landsbyer m.m. Da vi naede tilbage til San Pedro ved middagstid, var vi alle rigtig sultne, saa vi fandt en super hyggelig restaurant med livemusik, hvorefter vi slappede af en times tid, inden vi igen skulle paa tur, vel og maerke dagens anden tur. Den stod paa et visit til saltlagunerne, ca. 2 km udenfor byen. Saltlagunerne var absolut fantastiske, ikke blot lagunerne, men ogsaa udsigten omkring dem. Det var et smukt syn ud over Andesbjergene. Dog var den vildeste oplevelse at bade lagunerne, da de indeholdte 35% salt, hvilket betoed, at vi kunne staa oprejst uden at synke og flyde uden at bruge kraefter. Efter endt badetur, stod den paa cocktails, saa vi blev lidt fulde i den lokale alkohol 'Pisco Sour' (som mest af alt kan sammenlignes med en halv staerk likoer) - tror ogsaa, at hoejden havde noget at sige, fnis.. Vi var hjemme igen kl. 20, hvilket gav lidt tid til afslapning, inden vi igen kl. 22.30 skulle vaere klar til dagens tredie tur, nemlig "sand dune boarding". Meget kort fortalt er det ligesom snow boarding, bortset fra, at det er nedad mange sandklitter i oerkenen i stedet for sneklaedte bjerge. Vi kan kun anbefale sand dune boarding, det var simpelthen den bedste maade at afslutte en allerede super dag. Vi var foerst hjemme kl. 02.00, saa godt traette efter at have oplevet og proevet alt, hvad San Pedro havde at tilbyde. En lille note er, at vi naeste dag skulle op kl. 06.30 klar til rejsen mod og ind i Bolivia. Saa naeste stop (ergo update) Salar De Uyuni, Bolivia

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Yet another up date. After some amazing days in Santiago, we had to move on to our next destination San Pedro de Atacama (the northern part of Chile). We arrived by airplane to Calama city and from here we went by bus another hour up in to the mountains in to a desert. While we were in Santiago 'Team Canada' sent us a massage and asked if we wanted to team up in San Pedro. So when we arrived, we spend the afternoon looking around for good offers on tours as well as multiple activities in and around San Pedro. When Team Canada arrived in the evening, we had already made an itinerary of 5 days. The first day was in San Pedro and the rest were a tour towards Bolivia. We will mere tell you about San Pedro in this update, however you needn't worry, there are plenty of things to say. The following morning we got picked up from our hostel at 04.00 am to go to the highest area of geysers in the world at 4750 m. After a 2 hour bus trip, we arrived at sunrise, which was beautiful. We went around and was told about the history of the area and how a geyser is formed. Then we got to go bathing in hot springs, not to far from the geysers and was also served breakfast, including eggs boiled in the geysers. We arrived back in San Pedro around noon, all of us starving, so we found a small cozy restaurant with live music and amazing Chilean food. After resting for a couple of hours, our tight run program continued with at trip to the salt lagoons, just located 2 km outside of the city. The lagoons had the most amazing location. The area around them was a completely flat piece of land and you had an amazing view of the Andes mountains. We were in awe. The coolest experience, though, was swimming in the lagoons, because they contained approximately 35% salt. This meant that we could stand upright with out sinking and float without even trying. After having a blast in the salt lagoons, the tour offered cocktails as we look out on to the sunset. The local drink 'Pisco Sour' was very strong, so everyone got a little tipsy, however we also think that the altitude helped ;) . We were back around 8 pm, just in time to relax a little before we had the final trip of the day. At 11.30 pm the schedule said 'sand dune boarding', which is like snow boarding, only that it is on sand dunes instead of down a snowy mountain. This was the perfect way to end an already fantastic day. So we were only back at 02 am, although we had experienced everything San Pedro had to offer. The next morning we had to get up at 06.30 am to start our journey towards Bolivia. Next stop (ergo update) Salar De Uyuni, Bolivia

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