Ata-semi-cama Desert

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After some intensely cold nights in the Bolivian mountain range, we were happy to be warm again in the lower elevation of the Atacama Desert in San Pedro de Atacama. Our salt flat tour ended with a drop off in the Chilean border town and two of our tour friends from England bunked with us for the next few days.

We had only planned to stay long enough to catch an overnight bus to the Chilean/Peruvian border town of Arica, but after a 3 day tour jammed packed with lots of fun, we were a bit exhausted to do the tourist thing again in the tourist-filled city. If it hadn’t been for the energy of our youthful 20-something friends and sold out buses, we’d have missed out on some very stunning sights!

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Bolivia: Sweet Redemption

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After hearing we’d been to Bolivia at the beginning of our trip, the first question out of everyone’s mouth was, “how was Uyuni?”, home of the world’s largest salt flat. We didn’t have an answer… because we didn’t go. We were only in Bolivia for a short time and had to catch a flight to Patagonia, we explained to disappointed, dumbfounded faces.

We quickly learned we’d made an epic travel mistake by not going and were bummed we’d missed what many called a highlight of their travels. Fortunately we got an opportunity to redeem ourselves on our way back to Lima to catch our flight home.

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