San Pedro de Atacama (aka Nat's Hell)

We spent a few days in San Pedro de Atacama, a small town in the Atacama desert. The Atacama is the driest desert in the world and San Pedro is the base for excursions into the desert. Unfortunately, during our excursion to the Tatio Geysers at 4200 meters, the altitude finally got the best of Nat.

Salar de Olaroz - salt flat in the Andes in between Salta and San Pedro de Atacama

Fernando and Gulaya - our SPdeA buddies

The town of San Pedro de Atacama

Tatio Geysers - we got up at 4 a.m. to see the sun rise!

Valle de la Luna - Valley of the Moon. SPdeA is famous for crazy, lunar-like landscapes

Mmm, llama! Surprisingly delicious!

And cute!

Sunset over Valle de la Luna

Salta la Linda

After Mendoza, we headed north to Salta to dry out, literally and figuratively. Salta is famous for its beauty and we really enjoyed our day trips to Cachi and Cafayate. Amazing scenery!

The road from Mendoza to Salta is filled with traffic of all kinds

Sarah riding the funicular to the top of the Cerro San Bernardo

View from the top of Cerro San Bernardo

View from the top of Cerro San Bernardo

Iglesia San Francisco

Catedral Basilica de Salta

On the way to Cachi

The road to Cafayate

Cafayate's greatest oeno-innovation, wine ice cream

Iglesia San Francisco at night

Catedral Basilica de Salta at night

Sunset in Salta