Thursday 28th June was the arrival day of my friend Anna for her 2 week holiday with me here. I had really been looking forward to it and knew it would be great to see her, catch up and do some travelling together :-) I went by airport transfer to meet her and we then returned back to San Pedro. Anna was impressed, as I had been, by the scenery as you drive through the Atacama desert and approached San Pedro. By chance our visit was timed just right to see the...

So in total I ended up staying in San Pedro for 11 nights, 10.5 days! I must say I enjoyed what became a little break from travelling- nice to be in one place for a few days, ok, a few more days than normal! Thursday I went for a walk to the ruins of the Pucará de Quitor, about 3km from the centre of San Pedro. It was my ideal type of walk since it was flat, but it was pretty hot! The Pucará is on a hill so you get great views of the surrounding landscapes, in...

Following my first few busy days in San Pedro it was now onto the lazy days! San Pedro is an easy place to relax in, as it is a quiet and has lovely weather. Although it gets cold at night, during the day it is hot and sunny (apart from the 2 afternoon sandstorms!) and so it's almost too easy to find yourself lying in the hammock in the sun with a book, enjoying doing nothing! I am feeling a bit tired at the moment, lethargic is perhaps more the word, but after 8...

Well San Pedro de Atacama has turned out to be somewhere I have stayed longer than planned, well, didn't really plan for how long I would stay but have been here a week already! As is often the case I was busy my first few days here, doing tours and then have spent some time relaxing, or you could say being a bit lazy! (see part 2!) I arrived last Wednesday at about midday after sleeping pretty well on the bus. Watched a few films and had our evening snack giv...

Decided to stop at La Serena on my way north to break the long journey to San Pedro de Atacama but also to visit the Valley of Elqui which I liked the sound of from reading about it in the LP. Thursday 19th I got the bus to La Serena from Santiago, which required getting up at 6.30 but was for the best priced I ticket I found at only 5,000 pesos, £6.60, one of the cheapest journies I have had in Chile! It took about 6.5 hours to get there and I went to a hostel ...