San Pedro certainly is an Oasis. A cool place to chill, but some interesting places to visit also. Today we chilled again....then Jay and Helen kindly lent us their mountain bikes so Paul I could head of into the desert yet again, this time to Valle De La Luna (valley of the Moon) A steady 16km bike. A little up hill and we finally arrived at the park entrance, a few sheckles exchanged hands and passage was granted into this valley resemblaing the surface of the ...

Back to Santiago, then an uneventful 24hr bus journey to Calama. We met up with a local on the bus called Sergio, whom showed us to a local Hostel as we got into calama at midnight. A quick breakie then a 1 1/2hr bus to San Pedro Atacama. Wow...Finally a piece of Chile worth seeing. This beautiful Oasis in the centre of the atacama desert is lush.This place is sooo cool. A quiet yet touristy haven, quiet enough to completely chill, and busy enough to mingle. Laz...