Up at 3:30am for a trip to the Geiser del Tatio, a 'field' of geysers high in the mountains a couple of hours outside San Pedro. Not a great start as the minibus crawled along at a snail's pace, at this rate we wouldn't be there until evening. The rest of the group consisted of firey Spanish and S American folk and so they soon made their feelings clear. Initially explaining that the bus have mechanical problems, the driver relented and put his foot down. Vamos!!...

And so to country number 5 of 6, Chile. After a slightly eventful border crossing where the Chilean representative of the transfer company was unwilling to let us on the onward bus or explain why this was, we arrived into a hot and sunny San Pedro de Atacama. It was nice to be back in the heat, and also back at a sensible altitude (only 2,407m!). After an overdue hot shower we headed into town to check out what to do. The town itself is pretty small and looks l...