We went sandboarding today with six other people. The six were as follows:<\/p>\n
The guide only went down the hill once because of his knees. I went down seven times, and I would say that the first and last times were the best. Ted was definitely the best of our inexperienced little group. Jen was second, Ethan was third, and I don\u2019t know the ranks from then on because Diana, Ogre, and Ella only went down a couple of times, and I don\u2019t remember Olive going down. (Mom and Dad didn\u2019t ride.)<\/p>\n
We used wax every-other-ride (so you could call it wax on, wax off). I didn\u2019t really notice a difference, but that was fine with me. I never did get the hang of leaning forward and stopping. Some of my friends snowboard, and I\u2019m really, really glad I ski.<\/p>\n
At about eight, we all got back in the van and drove along the road. It was kind of scary seeing the drop-offs that were created by the rain. San Pedro de Atacama normally receives 2 millimeters of precipitation a year (yes, 2). They received 43 millimeters in one day, which is insane by comparison. So there are lots of ruts, wash-outs, and places where the road was.<\/p>\n
We drove to a look-out point above Valley of the Moon. We watched sunset from there, drinking jugo de pi<\/i>\u00f1<\/i>a<\/i> and cerveza<\/i>.<\/p>\n
For supper, we had the delicious pizza. While we were standing and waiting, our driver from two days ago- Felipe- drove by and said hola<\/em>.<\/p>\n Ciao!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We went sandboarding today with six other people. The six were as follows: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A couple from Toronto, Canada, named Ted and Jen \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Spanish-speaking threesome of \u201cchicas\u201d who were Diana, Ogre (at least that\u2019s what I heard), and … Continue reading