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I'm in San Pedro de Atacama in Chile, just over the border from Bolivia. This place is amazing. Picture a wild west town and you won{t be far wrong. Its shockingly expensive, almost UK prices ;-) but beautiful, hot, and totally, totally laid back.
Yesterday I went sandboarding. Completely out of character but I had the BEST time. Like snowboarding but you climb to the top of a sand dune, strp a board to your feet and surf down it. Ending up landing on your face or your arse with a mouthful of sand or a bruised backside then you unstrap the board, climb to the top and do it all again. Very fast, terrifying, you get sand everywhere (and I do mean everywhere) and totally exhausting. It was amazing. I have photos I'm getting off my friend Tania who did it with me and I'll upload them as soon as I can. I look a total pro. You'll be impressed. After that we went and bought beers then went to Moon Valley and climbed a peak to watch the sunset. They all smoked joints but I'm not into that kind of thing...
We went back to the hostel once it was dark and I had one of the most thorough showers I've ever had - I was filthy! Then we went out for drinks with the instructor Sebastien, the VERY fit driver Emmanuel, and one of the other guys who{d been sandboarding, Amir from Israel (who seemed to have a thing for me but wasn{t getting any....). Sadly Emmanuel didn't stay long so that was the end of the eye candy for me and Tania! Had a few drinks in this bar/restaurant that had this lowered area in the centre with a roaring open fire that we sat around for ages. It was amazing. After it closed we walked around town in searched of a promised 'secret party' Sebastien had been alluding to but then decided to call it a night. Heard this morning that several of our group had coincidentally ended up at the same secret party in the woods with a bonfire but I don{t feel that I missed out. It was all joint-fuelled and besides I had an amazing time sandboarding. I'm SO sore today from falling on my arse!!
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