Atacama desert photos

A few photos of our San Pedro de Atacama trip (see previous post)

Gorillas in the dust - the Atacama desert

What a week!

If you have ever been in a desert before, you will know how fascinating they are: they are totally inhospitable places often without a shade in sight to protect yourself from the burning and constant sun during the day. They are also bitterly cold at night. At the same time though, if you pay attention, they can in places be full of life and they have the most beautiful sunsets and starry nights that you can probably find on our planet.

Light at the end of this (house hunting) tunnel (?)

Today was our first day at work, separated :o(

My colleagues were all very nice and helpful and I am looking forward to the big challenges ahead (busy days with lots of learning!).

We also saw a great house! The first one that has potential :o) and we are trying to go for it  - though we do not have any of the papers that they supposedly need... so we have tried the poker face and "we can pay in advance" strategy... let's see what they say! :op

The weekend when the snow and rain arrived

So the winter has finally caught up with us...