Buenos dias! We have arrived in Chile! How we got here was a bit interesting. Our alarm yesterday was the sound of one of the hostel staff in Salta passed out in our room snoring in his tighty whiteys. Loudly. The cats in the street were hissing and fighting loudly and our third roomate, an Argentinian guy from BA, was swearing about all the noise.
We made it to bus the bus in time after our cab was late. It was on South American time after all. After 8 hours on the bus, we got to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. San Pedro is in the middle of nowhere in the Andes, but is beautiful. We were immediately nervous when we got off the bus because we had no hostel, and as previously mentioned, were in the middle of nowhere. This means no taxis, no obvious city center, not buildings more than a story, etc. After trekking around for a while with our packs we found hostels. However, paying in cash is the preferred method. Easy, find the ATM right? Oh no, they are empty. We learned from a local they are ment to be filled twice a day, which actually happens twice- weekly. You´ll be happy to learn we found a hostel which takes cards and we have been able to eat and sleep without too much hassle. We have been trekking out around the town all day and plan on a geyser tour and horse backriding before Wednesday.
Ciao
