Today we had time to walk around the city as part of a walking tour and also on our own. Santiago has many parks and neighborhoods and without the current troubles it would be a beautiful city in which to spend some time. However the demonstrations have resulted in many buildings being covered in graffiti, many stores and restaurants near the protest areas are closed, large areas have no …
In the morning we were up and out at 8:30am The plan was to get some breakfast before we were picked up at 9:40am for our tour of the Maipo Valley wine region on the wine bus. We saw some buildings damaged from the protests: broken street lamps, advertisement signs, broken windows and graffiti all over the place. Some of the buildings facing Plaza Italia had erected tall …
I was up at 4am again this morning in order to be showered and ready for our 5am tour pick up. Upon leaving in the dark. I accidently closed the door on my finger, now the nail has turned black. Our first stop at 4000 meters was called Red Rocks. The rocks were red because there was a lot of iron in them and the red comes from oxidation …
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We had a 5am start to head to the Tatia Geyser field 2 hours north of San Pedro de Atacama. We were in the bus/truck again which had comfy seats that recline so we could nap on the way. It was quite cold out so we were dressed warmly with our down jackets and wool hats. The reason for the early start was that as the air warms the …