Just back from 5 days treking in the atacama desert which was absolutely amazing! The place itself is out of this world, hot and dry, rocky and dusty, most of the time we were walking in a river valley which at times became a canyon and involved us walking through the freezing cold river. Good way to keep cool though, the desert was hot. Excpet at night, when it was actually quite cold, about -10 degrees- we were sleeping in tents which was an incredibly unpleasant experience. The days more than made up for it tho, saw some incredible things. One day we visited a salt lake and saw loads of flamingoes, another we went to a geyser field, and saw lots of boiling water. The treking was hard, expecially becuase we were high up so oxygen was hard to come by, but all the cool things you see seem that much more impressive when you have walked a long way to get there. All in all had a fantastic time!