Hunter and I had a great last few days around La Serana and inland into the Andes at Pisco Elqui before an epic return to Santiago....hopefully Hunter will post some details on his long trip back to the US.
"Hola Chile" ...Julia arriving at Santiago... 1 hour after Hunter left :(
Only a hour after saying goodbye to Hunter at Santiago airport I got to meet Julia Radmann...a friend and fellow racer from Atlanta. We´ll be travelling together for about 13 days together....I think we´ll have a blast...things will likwly pick up for Julia as soon as I get a shower and some clean clothes.
After arriving we had 20min to make a flight to Arica....a very isolated desert town at the very north of Chile...the airport was only 6km from Peru. Its the driest part of the world - its not rained "ever" here.
Checking out the beach in Arica....complete with surfers and huge Pelicans
Tomorrow morning we plan on catching an bus to the lower level of the antiplano (perhaps Putre or higher) and spend our 1st night at 11,500ft....we are planning on doing some serious hiking and staying in hunts as the nights are wickedly cold.... and perhaps climbing a volcano around 16,ooo-17000ft. It should be interesting :)
It took us forever to find the small family owned bus service run out of the family home
Hopefully Hunter is now safely having a cold cervesa in Bogata right now...cheers!
All the best,
Neal and Julia
PS For the real truth about our trip....check out Julia´s blog.... http://www.juliaradmann.blogspot.com/
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