In the days since my last post, I finished up my studies in Santiago, took some finals and wrote some papers, did some final touristy things and said goodbye to my host mom. Then I hopped on an airplane and flew north to the Atacama desert -- the driest desert in the world. It´s amazing here. We´re staying in a town called San Pedro that´s basically just a giant gringolandia (gringo=foreigner), completely full of backpackers, hostels, restaurants, tour companies and legitimately nothing else. There´s people here from all over the world. Vik, the friend I´m traveling with, and I met a cool guy from Spain who we´ve been traveling with.
Today we rented bicycles and a map and went out to explore some ruins. They weren´t the best ruins ever, but they were the first I´ve ever seen so I was impressed. I just stared at them thinking...someone walked through that door, or cooked dinner in that room, or was like totally annoyed at their sister for stealing their clothing while they sulked in that other room...and these people lived 2500 years ago. Maybe minus the stealing clothing thing, I dunno. Anyway, if I´m so impressed by these tiny and not particularly interesting ruins, I can´t imagine what Macchu Picchu would be like. That´s definitely on the agenda for my next trip to South America. Tonight we´re going on a tour to watch the sun set in valle de la luna, which is supposed to be an amazing experience. Personally I don´t get what makes a sunset worth $4, but it´s one of those things you´re supposed to do here.
Hope everyone´s doing well!
- L
-- Lauren
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