Situated in one of the driest deserts in the world, Valle de la Luna is just one possible day trip you can take when visiting the area of San Pedro de Atacama. With a full moon on display and excited to stargaze in a few days I thought I'd stick with the theme and opt for a visit to the one place on earth most like the surface of the moon (unfortunately gravity still holds you to the sand, I know, bummer.)
After a bumpy ride out of town we started to be overshadowed by crazy rock formations that had been cut out of the sand by wind and rain. We climbed a dune and watched the sand boarders got their adrenalin kicks as they raced to the bottom. The snow capped mountains in the far distance, the pink blue sky and the orange rock formations in the foreground made me feel peaceful.
Back in the van and we hurtled off to duck and dive through salt tunnels, the sun sparkling off the white sand making it look like a frosted desert. Surreal.
As I clambered up the rocky ascent we reached the top of a rocky peak to watch the sunset over the desert and felt the heat quickly fall away from us. The whole day I imagined myself on another planet, in another world, far away from anything I knew from home. Of course as with any tourist attraction the hoards of other foreigners eager to feel like they'd been to the moon and back reminded me that I was closer to home that I wanted to imagine but to hell with the lot of them, the scenery was out of this world!
After a bumpy ride out of town we started to be overshadowed by crazy rock formations that had been cut out of the sand by wind and rain. We climbed a dune and watched the sand boarders got their adrenalin kicks as they raced to the bottom. The snow capped mountains in the far distance, the pink blue sky and the orange rock formations in the foreground made me feel peaceful.
Back in the van and we hurtled off to duck and dive through salt tunnels, the sun sparkling off the white sand making it look like a frosted desert. Surreal.
As I clambered up the rocky ascent we reached the top of a rocky peak to watch the sunset over the desert and felt the heat quickly fall away from us. The whole day I imagined myself on another planet, in another world, far away from anything I knew from home. Of course as with any tourist attraction the hoards of other foreigners eager to feel like they'd been to the moon and back reminded me that I was closer to home that I wanted to imagine but to hell with the lot of them, the scenery was out of this world!
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