Wow - Chile is expensive, especially when coming from Bolivia, but apparently this town is the most expensive in Chile. Perception of expense does change when travelling though, we still got a dorm room between 5 of us for $10 ahead, we were all shocked having to pay that much!
Anyway San Pedro is HOT!! A lovely little town but as there is no
beach or lake etc. it is just dry heat. Luckily Ronan managed to get the 2 rugby matches in a bar with lazyboys and a large screen...he was in heaven!
Another gas thing about San Pedro is that even though it was full of tourists none of the bank links were working! Mastercard did well out of us, we even met another Irish Girl (Siobhan) who showed a bit of ingenuity and waited at the petrol station and payed for peoples petrol with her visa until she had enough to pay for her hostel!!!Madness!
We booked a stargazing tour but alas it was cancelled due to a fire at the construction site of the worlds largest observatory which was due to open in 2012 (hopefully this hasnt delayed things by too much!).
On our last day we visited the Luna Valley which was HOT! Flip flops are not a good idea when one has to hike up the side of a
massive sand dune in the desert! The views were amazing though and even though it felt like boiling water was being poured on our feet it was worth it! Next stop La Serena in search of a beach!
Anyway San Pedro is HOT!! A lovely little town but as there is no
beach or lake etc. it is just dry heat. Luckily Ronan managed to get the 2 rugby matches in a bar with lazyboys and a large screen...he was in heaven!
Another gas thing about San Pedro is that even though it was full of tourists none of the bank links were working! Mastercard did well out of us, we even met another Irish Girl (Siobhan) who showed a bit of ingenuity and waited at the petrol station and payed for peoples petrol with her visa until she had enough to pay for her hostel!!!Madness!
We booked a stargazing tour but alas it was cancelled due to a fire at the construction site of the worlds largest observatory which was due to open in 2012 (hopefully this hasnt delayed things by too much!).
On our last day we visited the Luna Valley which was HOT! Flip flops are not a good idea when one has to hike up the side of a
massive sand dune in the desert! The views were amazing though and even though it felt like boiling water was being poured on our feet it was worth it! Next stop La Serena in search of a beach!
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