Chile

We decided to stay another day in San Pedro to go stargazing with a resident expert. Unfortunately the stargazing was called off for the 3rd night in a row - probably a Guinness record as the place enjoys clear skies for at least 330 nights per year. Apparently one of the best places to study the night sky with these huge telescopes.

On 4 May we left Chile for Bolivia. We were transferred to the border by bus where we changed over into 4x4s. The road to the border is the longest hill I have ever seen. For no less than 45 minutes, we ascended the same hill in an almost straight line and climbed more than 2300m vertical! Then suddenly the bus went off road, literally into the mountains on a road we could not really distinguish. Some 15 minutes later we arrived at a one man shack in the snow - the Bolivian border post!