Pimp My Llama

On Saturday we had a Chilean guide, Juan Ignacio, who had spent time living in the U.S. and other places abroad. He has seen too much U.S. television (haven't we all). On of his jokes was that the llamas had different colors on their ears because they had been on the MTV show "Pimp My Llama." We went with Juan Ignacio, two Brazilians, some other Chileans, an English girl, and even a couple of Americans (the first on any of our tours in Chile) to the Lagunas Altiplanicas and the Salar de Atacama. These salt plains (salar) are different from the ones in Utah or Bolivia because the salt has formed vertical, crystalline structures, and there are lagoons with flamingos living in the middle of it all. Photos will be coming soon because some of these things defy description.