Thursday, 18 February 2016

Old geezers visit the old gysers

Unbelievably, we rise at 5am(sic) for our 5:30(am) departure for the gysers. We have been told the temp would be -15C, which turns out to be a lie as it is a balmy +3C. Our guide tells us to be careful as a few months earlier a Belgian tourist had fallen into the boiling waters and nicely poached herself with a negative outcome. Anyway we were quite alone apart from the thousands of milling tourists. The area was like being inside a massive coffee percolator.














After observing the bubbling water we had a breakfast prepared for us by our guide and driver.

There had been 3 cancellations on our excursion so R and I were forced to eat breakfast for 5 people.
On the return journey we managed to spot fine examples of Chilean wildlifes.


Vicunas for Ella




Following an afternoon siesta we set out for the salt flats and flamingo spotting









Bird with built in can opener


Llama for Ella




.Following which we enjoyed picnic as we observed the sunset over the desert







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