Mood: Cold (Ok, so it's not a mood but it's how I feel right now!)
Music: Supergrass - I should coco
Well... yesterday I thought I was in the middle of nowhere... I'll get back to that.
Today started back on the dirt tracks that yesterday's journey ended on. They did start getting less road like and more track like until what designated the road was the bit of ground that more people had driven over.
The scenery changed from rocky mountainous terrain to what was quite clearly a seabed with volcanos rising up out of the sand. The terrain stayed like this until we passed a set lava flow. Wave like formations were visible. Our next stop was a lake containing flamingos, after this there was a series of lakes, the third of which had a strong sulfurous wiff about it.
We travelled onwards, up over a long pass between two high peaks. Then we came down over a long plain of red clay, rocks strewn every few feet. It could be used for a film based on the surface of mars!
After that we first saw the hotel I am in tonight. There are no other buildings around here... I mean none... probably nothing within 40km of the building. This really is the arse end of nowhere.
Tomorrow I move on to the Chilean border and into the Atacama desert. It rained for periods, hailed some and also was snowing here a little today. Apparently it's only going to get warmer and drier from here on.
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