the tour of Chuquicamata, have a few hours till I catch the bus to La Serena.
Calama is alright to hang around for a few hours, it has a few markets.
Chuquicamata Open Cast Coppermine
Used to be the world’s biggest but is no longer.
Return to Calama
Fun’s over I now have to return to Calama.
I have a tour booked tommorrow in the city.
Misty Andes Hotel
This place looked cheap and innocous.
Surreally, a clown with and consatina neck and extending head follows me in, thanks me for opening the doors.
Morning
At about 6am I hear other guests waking up and vacating their rooms.
This lasts an hour, I go back to sleep.
The tour is at 2pm.
Agua Puritama
Rather than sit round and do nothing for the rest of the day, took a trip to the place called Aguas Puritama, a water source warmer than normal temperature but not sulphurous, clear and pure.
Hitched
I have hitched up there and the place is closed.
The road to Aguas Puritama
I hitch back and some girls drop me off at a free version of Agua Puritama known to locals complete with pampas grass, dragon flies plus the warm clean stream water.
Spend an hour in the stream & sunbathing on the rocks.
Very relaxing.
Rio Purifica
Runs through the valley.
Rio Purifica Vista