Hi room 1

Hi room 1

I have had a geat time here.we have had 3 tours so far.The first one was the salt lakes it was so salty that you can float with out trying to.that was the first part, the second part was a big hole 2m high above the water and 25m long. I wanted to have some fun so I jumped in the water, it was 8 degrees, in my mind very cold. Next thing onmthe tour was watching the sun set innthe desert. it was cool seeing the colour changes on the volcanoes. The next tour was a flamingo tour. I got some good photos of them flying. In the middle of the tour something mysterious happened, there was a full circle around the sun. (See picture) There was a small salt pond on the tour and there was some creepy Crawlies in there that the flamingoes eat to make them pink called brain shrimps, but we did not see any! Did you know that flamingoes stand on one leg when they sleep because in the morning the lake can freeze over and they use the other leg to get them out of the ice. The third tour was at night to an observatory just outside San Pedro in the Atacama Desert. We looked through 10 telescopes all pointed towards different stars and planets in our galaxy. The biggest telescope was the size of a three man couch. My favourite planet was Saturn and its rings around it. I have done some research on the Chilean flag these are what it represents -  The star represents a guide to progress and honor, the blue symbolizes the sky and the Pacific Ocean, white is for the snow-covered Andes and the red stands for the blood spilled to achieve independence. 

We took the overnight bus to Arica, it was a good trip but tiring since we arrived at 4 in the morning! We took the pictures of the skeletons at a museum in Arica, they are Chinchorro mummies from around 5000 BC Nice hairstyle for that age eh?!

We also saw figures made of stacked piles of rocks dating back to around 700 years ago.

I'm missing you guys, hope you are having fun. Mrs M - the coffee is terrible but the shoe stores are good!

Curtis

Geoglifos in Arica - Azapa Valley

Chinchorro mummie

Statue of Jesus on top of hill in Arica

Chinchorro mummie - 5000 BC

Holding the Chilean flag that is15 times bigger than me

Valley of the moon in San pedro

Meteorite museum - San Pedro

At salt lakes

Homeless dogs in San Pedro

Seagull at salt lakes

San pedro Main Street

Salt lakes - look at the amazing colours

Santiago

Azapa valley

Self portrait!

Sunset at salt lakes

Very cold water!

Flamingoe

The mysterious sun circle