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San Pedro de Atacama Monday, November 1, 2010     I can't believe that I only have about another month here! October has gone by really quickly. I travelled to San Pedro de Atacama for 5 days with my friends Nikki and Hannah. San Pedro de Atacama is in the north of Chile, in the middle of the desert. We flew from Santiago to Calama and then took a bus from Calama to San Pedro on Thursday. On Friday, we had our first tour to las Lagunas Cejar. These lagunas in the middle of the desert were salt lakes, and we floated in them, which was really cool. I jumped into los Ojos de Salar, which are two pools of water with a 15 feet distance between the ground and the water. Then we saw the sunset at another laguna. Saturday, we had to wake up at 5:45 am for our tour. We went to see flamingos and volcanoes, and then we went to two other lakes in a national park. We had lunch in a small town and then shopped in Socaire. On Sunday, our tour wasn't until the afternoon, so we rode bikes into the desert for about an hour. On our tour, we saw el Valle de la Muerte. We also explored in salt caverns, which I didn't like very much. Last, we saw the sunset at el Valle de la Luna. We had to go to sleep very early because we woke up at 3:45 am on Monday morning. Monday, we travelled to los Geyseres de Tatio. The weather was very cold, about 5 degrees F, but it was awesome to see hundreds of geysers at once. After breakfast, we went to hot springs, although the water was not warm enough for me. We also went to the pueblo de Machuca, where I ate a llama shish kabob. It was actually really good! I would suggest it to anyone interested. Tuesday, we travelled back to Vina del Mar and Valparaiso. It was an impressive trip, but I was ready to come back to Valparaiso. This past weekend, I went to Santiago with Nikki and my friend, Sara. We stayed with a girl that we met in San Pedro. We had a lot of fun touring the city and going out. I've been doing a good job of keeping myself busy here this month, so I'm enjoying Chile a lot right now. I'm not sure if I'll be ready to come back in December!Jamie Labels: Laguna Tebenquinche, los flamencos, Los geyseres de Tatio, Valle de la Luna Jamie / 0 comments |
About the Adventure Student: Jamie Thierolf '12 Jamie hopes to increase her Spanish speaking skills. She also wants to learn more about the Chilean culture. Jamie believes that through studying abroad, she will learn more about herself. Studying in South America will help her relate to elementary students who speak Spanish and who are of Hispanic background.
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