Region de Atacama

Bahia Inglesa

In the morning we strolled through Caldera, booked our Bus to Antofagasta and walked to Bahia Inglesa. This walk leads us through the driest desert in the world (Desierto de Atacama). It was impressive to see how dry the landscape, covered with sand and how flat the area is. We could feel the strong sun, burning on our skin. This town Bahia Inglesa has a breath-taking beach. The turquois colour of the sea next to the white sand is so beautiful. We enjoyed the beach, walked along the Playa Las Machas to the sand dunes, and had a big and delicious fish lunch in Bahia Inglesa (Ceviche). Not our favourite dish so fare. For getting back to Caldera we had to walk through the Atacama Desert again. In the evening we could pick up our laundry and we ended our day with a good Pisco-la. Unimaginable, after such a sunny day, it was getting colder and colder in the night.

Caldera

The next day, we had a chilling day. While walking to the nice light house at one end of Caldera, we passed the ‘’harbour’’ of Caldera. The view out there was amazing. We really enjoyed the blue water, the blue sky and the cliffs with the white foam when the waves broke. To see the wide ocean has always an appeasing effect on us. On our way back, we found a pretty Café, where we had delicious Sandwiches and a cheese cake with chocolate y majar (dulche de leche). Yammiii!!! Even though it was a bit cold (between 15 and 20 degrees) Lisa and Natascha decided to have a refreshing swim in the sea. Finally, we managed to swim in the Pacific Ocean from the other side, even though it is winter right now on the southern hemisphere. 😊 The next time we have the chance to swim in the sea might be in Brasil, so that’s why we could not withhold us.