We were thankful to cross into Chile, road signs every where, Bliss!
     Our first night in Chile we found a nice quiet spot high in the mountains, near some thermal pools where we had our first bath in days and a nice relaxing evening, until… At midnight the trucks started driving slowly passed us (we were camped about 15m from the road) For some reason this was a VERY popular route to a very remote border crossing into Bolivia, high in the mountains and far away from everywhere. Looked dodgy to us so who knows!!!

     We drove through some stunning scenery, surrounded by active volcanoes, wild vicunas everywhere (similar to llamas) and the most beautiful hot springs in the valley of Salar Surire where we both had full mud baths (supposedly very good for the skin) It is now three days later and we can still smell the eggy sulphur perfume on our skin each time we sweat. Disgusting!!!!

     At this stage we are now acclimatised to camping at over 3500m and the temperature dropping to below freezing every night, but still not happy with it.

     On our final night in Chile we drove about 50km from the border to the small town of Putre and booked into a hostel where we could have a warm bed and hot shower, (the first for almost a week, thermal pools aside) Well can you believe the whole town had no water!!! Luckily in the morning water was back on flow so we were able bid Chile a final farewell smelling nice and fresh for our journey back into Bolivia.