Up and Over the Andes

We left very early this morning for a 10-hour journey to the Atacama Desert. Along the way we reached the highest elevation either of us have been at 15,830 feet, saw tons of vicuñas, a few flamingos and rheas and towering volcanos, and just now experienced our first earthquake (6.9!).

We also officially crossed into Chile, which was an uneventful land crossing, combined with quite a bit of paranoia about what foodstuffs we could bring or not (our tour info had scared us a bit about tiny packs of peanuts resulting in $200 fines).

Not a super active day, but definitely a scenic trip that ended with a bang, or maybe a tremor is the right word?Read more