Antofagasta, Chile

Well, I have taken a tour of the highest Salt Flats in the world. They are pretty neet. I have seen some strange things that I have never before seen on planet Earth. I also have moved on to Chile from Bolivia. Things here are definately different. The hotel rooms are far more expensive for far less room. In Bolivia I was living like a king for three dollars and now I am a peasent in the backpackers quarters for about eight dollars. But they have good yogurt, workers rights, and the busses leave on time. Wow.

We went sandboarding in the driest desert in the world. We rented a mountain bike to get out there with the boards on my back. We hiked up the hills and gave sandboarding a fair shake. My verdict, I´ll stick with snow and skies, thanks. But it was a great experience. There were some instuctors who were taking another group and they were really good. Really good. I did not get going fast enough to really risk hurting myself. I did have a few good runs in the end. The biggest difference is the steepness of the mountain. There is a lot of friction between sand and the board. This same mountain with snow would have been a black probably and it was a little unnearving to look down something that steep. Very hard to take the first leap. But a very fun experience.

Hope all are well. Bitches.