January 1, 2019
New York NY
Happy New Year!
Our last full day(July 25) in Atacama was spent at 4500 meters. We tried to go to the geysers (El Tatio) but the pass was still closed. We did see some steam from afar thought. Our guide did a great job getting us acclimated as 4500 meters is pretty high. We did walk slower and even getting into our 4 wheel drive SUV made us huff and puff. But we were comfortable enough to enjoy the beautiful scenery. Although it would have been nice to see the geysers, it was wonderful to have the whole place to ourselves.
The Andes
We stopped at this small town. We "hiked" to the church. It should have took us 5 min but took us about 20min due to the altitude.
Vicunas!
We had a wonderful picnic lunch but had to eat quickly as everything started freezing at 4500meters… including the wine!
More Vicunas
Relaxing with a good book to call it the night as tomorrow we are off to Bolivia!