After our incredible tour through the Bolivian desert and a sketchy border crossing into Chile, we safely landed in the chill little desert town of San Pedro De Atacama. This town was friendly, clean, touristy and an obvious outdoor mecca. There were delicious international restaurants and fun bars, from Sushi to Irish Pubs all lining the narrow sandy streets full of pedestrians. Tour agencies offered mountain bike and sand boarding tours and sunset tours to hot springs with wine.
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| The courtyard at our 3 room hostel home to and run by an equally crazy and sweet Chilean woman. Jacob and Alex relax with a 1.2 Liter bottle of Chilean beer as our bathing suits dry after our morning in the hot springs in Bolivia. |
We immediately noticed the difference in the dollar. Our hostel here was $20 US per person, probably 4 times what it would be in Bolivia and 2.5 times what it would be in Peru. Even though it wasn't exactly in our budget to stay, we couldn't resist spending a couple nights so we could spend a day renting bikes and sand boards to explore the local dunes. We looped our boards through the straps of our backpacks and headed out into the desert on our bikes. After 15 minutes on the highway and 30-40 minutes through sandy, rocky terrain. We found our way to the dunes (and views) we were searching for. We took the main road by the plaza away from the town and towards the dunes and you'll run straight onto a dirt path where the road takes a drastic left turn. Go straight.
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