[P]eering up the 40 percent incline of the monumental sand dune in Valle del la Muerte, I told myself the views would be worth the climb. I didn't know much about northern Chile before my arrival, but I knew I wanted to go sandboarding in the Atacama Desert. I grabbed a snowboard, and began the slow slog up as Guns 'n Roses blasted from the tour van's stereo … [Read more...] about Sandboarding San Pedro de Atacama
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Introduction to San Pedro de Atacama
[I]t was dark when I arrived in San Pedro de Atacama, a small pueblo in the middle of northern Chile's Atacama Desert. My series of flights from Santiago were uneventful, aside from the fact that it looked like we were landing on the surface of Mars. The minivan dropped me off in the middle of the dimly lit town. It was colder than I'd expected, and after gaining my … [Read more...] about Introduction to San Pedro de Atacama
