San Pedro de Atacama
Valle de Luna
-Biking trip(11km from the entrance to the end). This is very different a part of the world from the places I have been for 36 years. Feel like I am on a different planet, Moon perhaps.
Salar de Tara
-4×4 tour with Panda tour
San Pedro de Atacama
-Stayed in Backpacker’s hostel 3nights ***very quite and basic + Purinama hostel 3nights****nice rooms and good showers
-Valle de Luna by bicycle 11km from the entrance to the end. Some parts of Roads are bumpy and a few uphills.
-Bed bugs in Backpackers hostel. Mark had 4 bites and Hyeshin had hundreds of bites.
-Hostal Puritama, meeting new people from the US(Carl, Kathleen, Danny, Shannon)
-Lunch set menu near the market 3,500CP per menu including entree and main, huge portion.
-Great sightseeing tour Salar de Tara, views of mountains and salt flats, Flamingo, Vicuna, Volcano rocks. 4×4 tour with Panda tour $40,000 per person
-A little altitude sickness by 4,800ms height in Salar de Tara
-Tried Coca leaves. We were not sure if it was working or not
-Real tourist town San Pedre. Packed with travellers on the streets in day and night.
-Restaurant and market are a bit expensive than other cities in Chile.