Today was a traveling day to San Pedro de Atacama, in northern Chile, just west of southern Bolivia tip.
While at the airport I checked in with the Delta office and they had my coat! Yay! I had picked up a packable, waterproof windbreaker yesterday for my plan B. But it is so small and light, I can see using it here and in the future.
We flew in (or maybe I should say up) and then had a 1 hour+ ride to the hotel. This city really is in the middle of nowhere.
Along the way to our hotel, we got a taste of Moon and Death Valley. It was magnificent and stark. (My picture is taken through a filtered window, so I'm not sure what the true colors are.) I look forward to seeing more and hearing the history tomorrow.
The hotel is cute. There was even a small bottle of brut and chocolate in my room. The porter told me if I drank it tonight, there would be another tomorrow... if I have too.
We had dinner at the hotel restaurant - excellent food and reasonably priced. Then we walked around town - if you can call it that. There is a "main" street (not even sure it is a mile long) and not much more - pretty much just restaurants and shops. I did find a North Face store - I guess there really is one everywhere.
So far, no altitude sickness. Not sure how much walking we will do in the Moon and Death Valley tomorrow, but I am choosing to be optimistic.
No comments:
Post a Comment