{"id":1309,"date":"2012-04-16T15:54:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T14:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.biketravel.net\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2012-05-29T22:20:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T21:20:04","slug":"bye-bye-south-america-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.biketravel.net\/en\/bike-around-the-world\/bye-bye-south-america-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Bye, Bye South America, for now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After we arrived in Santiago, I wasn&#8217;t sure if I should go north to San Pedro de Atacama or if should go back South and hope on an eruption of volcano Llaima. However, because the volcano didn&#8217;t move at all, I decided to take the bus (23 hours) to the Atacama region. I planned initially to travel north from Santiago and I would have crossed this region on the way. This didn&#8217;t work out unfortunately but I now still got a chance to see some parts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>San Pedro de Atacama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This area is very touristic. Which means there are a lot of tourists (like El Chalten oder similar places). But it means also, that there are a lot of guided tours available, which is great if you are by public transport in the area. However, I&#8217;m not so much the type for guided tours and therefore only did the most important ones. Those were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Valle de la Luna, Valle de la Muerte<\/li>\n<li>Geyser Tatio<\/li>\n<li>Laguna Chaxa, Lagunas Miscanti and Mi\u00f1iques<\/li>\n<li>and an astronomic Tour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>The trips were good but I\u00a0prefer\u00a0to do them by bike :-). I didn&#8217;t do the big tour across the Salar Uyuni and further to Bolivia. I really want to do this one by bike and I want to be surprised because it&#8217;s the first time. So that means I have to get back. Who is coming with? \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<p><strong>Keep going<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a bit more than a week in San Pedro, I took again the bus back to Santiago. I&#8217;m very happy that I could spend the last two days at the place of a Chilenien friend.\u00a0Muchas Gracias, Mari a te y todo la familia! I hope that was more or less correct Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>So that&#8217;s it from South America. At least for now. I really hope to get here again on this journey. It was fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>But first I will go to the USA. The second part of my journey is waiting there. I&#8217;m looking forward to it and hope, that you will travel with me again. It would be great.<\/p>\n<p>Hear you soon,<\/p>\n<p>Stefan<\/p>\n<p>PS: Pictures from the San Pedro de Atacama region can be found in a separate album in the <a title=\"http:\/\/pictures.biketravel.net\/index.php\/Traveling\/Coyhaique---Santiago-2012\/Atacama-desert\" href=\"http:\/\/pictures.biketravel.net\/index.php\/Traveling\/Coyhaique---Santiago-2012\/Atacama-desert\" target=\"_blank\">gallery<\/a>. And yes, I completed all the older entries also in English. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After we arrived in Santiago, I wasn&#8217;t sure if I should go north to San Pedro de Atacama or if should go back South and hope on an eruption of volcano Llaima. However, because the volcano didn&#8217;t move at all, I decided to take the bus (23 hours) to the Atacama region. 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