A long car ride is ahead of us, as we plan to reach Santiago de Chile with several stops in different national parks. Today’s destination is the Pan de Azugar National Park. The ride starts at 5 a.m. In Antofagasta we make a stop to strengthen ourselves with a coffee and light breakfast. After we continued the journey, we took a man with a broken arm with us and it turned out that this miner in his early forties was a big fan of Roger Federer and tennis in general. The slight problem was that he was also determine to play professionally himself and planned to go on international tournaments in a near future.
Finally we arrived at the national park by the sea after a long drive. To pay the entrance fee, we went to the official office. There we were greeted by a retired and enthusiastic Alfonso (Billie means Alfonso was the name of his colleague). After we couldn't pay the entrance exactly enough (he had no change), we decided to return later, which was no problem (it was the next day). After we had eaten and the tent was set up on the beach with an ocean view, we decided to take a little hike on the coast. Arriving at a lonely beach, we observed eating and playing birds, which tried to escape from waves approaching water at the last moment. They did only flight if really needed but had a impressive running speed, so fast you could not see their legs moving.
Since we wanted fresh fish, we looked for a restaurant for dinner. A real stroke of luck, as it turned out. A nice woman put together a menu for us, where we could decide for ourselves what, how and in what form we would like to have it. A sensational meal with everything you could wish for!
The second day of our journey to Santiago de Chile started after a very restorative night at sea level. After a coffee on the beach we set off for a short Mirador hike, where we rapidly noticed that we were lucky that it was November, and therefore spring and not later in the year. Even the cactus were completely dried and black, but in November the temperature is still very nice. We met a couple of germans traveling in a monster camping car (are we them 30 years ago and are they us in 30 years?).
We then set off to our next destination Nevado Tres Cruces and after many kilometers and a lot of shuttling we arrive to the most beautiful and quiet camping spot one could imagine. We are alone with about 30 flamingoes and incredible views. The sunset and afterwards the night sky belong to the most beautiful landscapes we ever saw.Read more
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