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It is 4:30 in the morning and we just walked across town to meet our two group
because we are driving two hours back into the desert to see some geysers.
Apparently you have to get there right at sunrise
because that's when the geysers are best.
Also the one perk to waking up at four o'clock in the morning
is that the stars here are beautiful.
So it's one of the best places in the world to see stars.
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So it is a little after 6am, we just arrived at the geysers
the sun's about to come up over the mountain is absolutely beautiful.
So yesterday we talked about how much we enjoy having our own car
and being able to explore things on our own
but this morning I'm really glad we chose to go with the tour
cause I don't think the car we had yesterday would have made it
it was a long bumpy ride and it was dark.
So guys welcome to the Tatio Geysers.
We are now here in the third biggest geothermal field in the world
and after Yellowstone in the United States and also the Velikan Geyser up in Russia.
So guys it works like this, we are in the undersea mountain range
and underground we have a very powerful magmatic chamber
and rocks with a lot of breaks on them so the water that goes underground
gets heated by this rocks and because of pressure and temperature
the water looks for escape and this is how they do it
and the water at this altitude boils at 186° degrees.
We just learn that this is the third largest thermal field in the world
and it has eight percent of the world's geysers.
That's pretty crazy.
This smells too pleasant but it's a little warmer if you stand close to them.
Short here, very poor decision.
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We just learn a little bit about the geysers with a guide
and now we get 30 minutes to walk around on our own and take pictures.
We learned that if you come at like 3pm that the steam only comes up about a meter
so that's why we have to get here when it's cold and early
and they were not joking when I said it would be cold.
Dress warm, don't wear shorts
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Sun is coming out, feels so good getting feeling back in my fingers currently
and now we're getting back in the van and we're heading to another part of the geyser field.
There's a hot spring swimming pool here.
I'm wearing a bathing suit but I'm going to test the temperature before i jump in
not quite positive I'm going to step in.
That was pretty one.
It's hot I'm doing it.
it's really cold here right now.
I need to go to the source
It's colder, oh it's came warmer.
Hot or cold?
It's like cold at the top and hot at the bottom.
It is so hot right here and the ground is really soft but...
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Was it worth it?
It was worth it.
I don't know if I'm as cold as I was before I think it warmed me up a little bit
but once you get out and the wind starts to hit you, whoa.
now have a few more minutes to go check out the other geysers before we go to breakfast
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We finally got some warm coffee I've been waiting on this all morning.
We're having a pretty good breakfast there's a pan of eggs and toast and jam
and some oreos I got a breakfast
I'm much warmer now, much more pleasant
and now we're driving back to San Pedro but we have a few more stops along the way.
We just stopped at these wetlands to look at some chilean birds
and these mountains at right there and there's an active volcano.
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She also told us that these birds are like really bad at flying
and look really uncoordinated specifically one called the coot
and so they have a saying here when someone's really drunk
they say you're drunk as a coot, so that was pretty funny.
We just arrived in this tiny town of Machuca there's only 14 families that live here
and each year one family is in charge of the llama meat
apparently that is a huge business they'll have solar panels for energy
and they get their water from underground
i think there's more tourists here than there are people that live here.
We've saw more wildlife on the way here we saw some Vicuyas (Vicuñas)
that's what we were calling llama deers all day yesterday
and we learned that they travel around in packs and they only have one male
and if another male is born when it becomes an adult
they fight each other to see who gets to keep all the females.
They're really fascinating
and they all use the bathroom in the same spot to mark their territory.
We have to get one.
Just paid my llama meat inside and I got a napkin as receipt.
Gracias!
I feel so bad eating a Llama.
Wanna try first?
Yum!
Llama meat is amazing.
Girl feels bad anymore?
I mean I'm keeping this family in business.
This is so good you're going to love it it has onion in it too.
Another specialty we're supposed to try in this town
is empanada de Cabra, it is goat cheese I already love empanadas
and I love goat cheese but I never get to get it
because Nate doesn't like it and we usually split stuff
So I gave him the rest of the llama meat and I get this.
It's amazing you would hate it but I love it
Now we're going to explore the town which is literally these buildings right here.
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The Atacama desert is just so fascinating to me
the fact that it just backs right up to the Andes Mountains.
It has marshes, volcanoes, hot springs I mean it is just incredible
that all that can exist in this one spot.
and in some places they say it hasn't rained for 400 years.
Yeah and in some places there's a huge storm.
last week where they had to cancel tours.
We have loved that Atacama desert it's like no other place we have ever been.
I think this is the last stop on our tour so we're about to hop back in the bus
and head back to San Pedro.
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You're right, it wasn't them.
I think you love goat cheese you just don't know it.
-I don't, that doesn't taste like a... -You do.
Look at this dog.
It's not a big fan of you, you scared him back inside.
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