A landscape like the moon, with such contrasting colours that blind the eyes. San Pedro De Atacama sits 2,407m above sea level in Northern Chile. It is believed to be the best place for star gazing in the clear cold night skies. Hardly ever seeing rain, however of course it rained the night I arrived on the night bus into the tiny little village now over-run by tourists, but still staying true to its cultural heritage. After an extremely long 23 hr bus ride from Santiago to San Pedro de Atacama, the pure air was a refreshing wake up call before settling into the small make shift hostel for a good nights sleep. The following day the tour was booked to cross over into Bolivia on a 3 day route finishing in Uyuni, leaving the next morning, depending on the weather of course. I also booked myself onto a ´Valle de la Luna´ afternoon tour visiting the ´Luna´valley and its various stopping points before the final sunset on the cliff top. A landscape so vast and bizarre, no life seemed to exist and could almost imagine you were on the moon! Natural forms in one of their finest ways.
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