Tag: Chile
The valley of the moon and the Tatio geysers
Over the past couple of days I’ve been busy here in San Pedro. Firstly two days ago I went to the valley of the moon. The valley of the moon is a deserty valley that is around 10km from San Pedro, as it is so close I decided to avoid the tour companies and go [...]
Posted: October 15th, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: Chile, culture, San Pedro
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The Rest of Arica and San Pedro
So on my last day in Arica I headed to a nearby archeological museum. To get there I cycled up the valley, which although the gradient uphill was subtle it was still hard work. Also I couldn’t get the highest gear to work which I usually use practically exclusively which slowed me down. The scenery [...]
Posted: October 12th, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: arica, buses, Chile, San Pedro, South America
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America
Firstly a boring economic note to my UK readers. The pound has weakened quite dramatically against the US dollar since I’ve been away and by xe.com there are currently only 1.75 US dollars to the pound. If Obama wins the presidency so this continues I might even make some money when I convert my US [...]
Posted: October 8th, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: arica, Chile, South America
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