ridin down the northern Chilean coast inbetween towns is nowt but sand ...

Paris Texas restaurant ... in the middle of nowhere ...

a desert

intending to stay in Calamar, didn't fuel up on way in ....

no room at the inn so had to move on ...

and no fuel stations on exit

ridin through the Atacama desert when fuel drops to near empty, ooops

we coast where we can as we run on vapour ..

must have been ridin it hard due to monotonous terrain ...

met a Dutch cyclist & chatted

we spot town not so far ahead & coast on in

valley de la Luna terrain is fascinating

Bikers are just like buses ...

Sara with Marciella, Roberto, Francisco & Lorena, very friendly Chilean bikers
(had the best pisco sour ever!)

you dont see any for ages & then suddenly 4 turn up at once ...

and Augusto a Brasilian biker

and Juliano & Michelle, 2 very friendly Brasilian bikers on a 1000cc Vstrom

a visit to the local salt lake & flamingo hole

Scouse with Juliano & Michelle

sunset on the Atacama desert from the back of a motorbike ...

up at 4am to visit the geysers

it's freezin at 4,300m pre dawn but the thermal pool is tops :)

the thermal pool later on ...

a close up of a geyser

8 bikers (4 bikes)

Roberto & Marciella

Roberto with Sara & Scouse

underfloor heating keeps the toes warm

g'day cobbers !

Francisco & Lorena

Roberto, Francisco, Lorena & Marciella

Lorena, Marciella & Sara

Marciella & Roberto, Scouse & Sara, Lorena & Francisco, Michelle & Juliano

meeting the natives

Paulo our guide

2 Hoggs & a Vstrom

Francisco & Roberto take off

San Pedro at night

San Pedro early morning

San Pedro gets it's rain in Jan & Feb & none for the rest of the year ...

irrigation is via mountain streams ... sometimes water pressure is too low for showering etc...

a couple of years ago it hadn't rained for 4 years