desert

Hola!
we have spent 3 days and a total of 24 hours on a bus drivin on the dead straight Panamerican highway in the Chilean Desert ... imagine the view, it doesn´t change. Was great to see the country though, and met some interesting people along the way, and stayed in some nice beach towns. Food is crap. Unless you want to pay heaps, but we´re too stingy, so ate barros luco (steak and cheese and nothing else sammy) everyday for 4 days. now in San pedro de atacama, the Queenstown of chile. it´s amazing, alledgedly an oasis in the driest desert in the world. ridiculously hot, but food is so much better. last night we went to a concert in the plaza de armas (town square) where they played amazing chilean music, with mad as percussion. we danced with dirty old chilean men with dreads, bob Marley is still alive by the way, the proof is coming when we can get photos organised. Had a big night at our hostel, realised we should go to bed when the sun came up and the roosters started crowing. we don´t think the other hostel residents like us much anymore. not to worry, we´re crossing the border into bolivia tomorrow morning, to tour aroud some lagoons and salt lakes ... more soon. Apparently Amazing race is in town today, so we´re going to sniff that out.
photos coming soon. adios.
ps ... task 1, phase 1 (chile) complete. task 2 complete. no comments please.