So where did I last finish.....Ah Pichelemu. Relaxed the next day then parted ways with the girls as they headed south and I headed north with Tomas and Nicholas. I left them in Santiago and took an overnight bus to La Serena. Caught a day bus to Pisco del Elqui. Wandered around till I saw a sign for ´rancho´and figured i could maybe go ridng to see the valley. 4 hours of riding through the mountians then into the valley through rivers and bamboo. Then through the pisco grape vineyards where we did tonnes of galloping! Ate lots of grapes and other yummy fruits called ´higo´. Then I toured the historic place where they make pisco and after stopped in at a place where we had this really sweet peach drink with barley and dried peaches. What a ride! Stayed a bit longer wandering around then went back to la serena and caught another overnight bus to calama (wow so dirty right now) but at least it was a ´cama´ bus (more comfy). Short bus from calama to san pedro where i was meeting dana, ann and liz.
Woke up at 4am the next morning and dana and i went to see the geysers (best at dawn....at 4300 m asl). Went into the hot springs and then to this town where we had llama meet bbq´ed. Got back around noon and had a farewell lunch for dana. Then ann and i went to the valle de la luna to watch the sun set over the dunes.
Today we took bikes to valle de muertre (death valley) and went sand boarding.....pretty difficult because you are constantly having to rewax the board. Still really fun though.
I may be out of contact for a while now because we head into bolivia tomorrow. We are doing a 4 wheel drive tour which will include the salt lakes and salt flats! so excited! Hope all is well with everyones!
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