Our tour guide quickly arranged a transfer from the Bolivian border to the Chilean border. The highway was well paved and quite steep as we were descending from the high altitude area of Bolivia. Coming to Chile was another surprise – so different from Bolivia in atmosphere and language and people. It was also way more expensive in Chile than in Bolivia or Peru. Our first stop was San Pedro de Atacama, one of the driest areas in the world. San Pedro is a small town with a “frontier, western” feel to me. The roads are ... (more)