Llamas, llamas, llamas

Today we went up into the mountains to see the salt lakes that were trapped in the valley. It took a while to get there and we passed through a little town called Socaire. Socaire was actually part of the trip as it was a town that no one had ever been to but a little more of that in a bit.

This was one of a group of 4 llamas that we passed on the way to the lake.

After we finished with the lakes we headed back to Socaire. The town might be one of the smallest and most isolated places I have ever been to. There is no way more than 50 people lived in this town. It was probably more like 25. Anyway we tried to eat lunch at the restaurant in town but they had ran out of food. So we ate at Cocineria Sairilulama. It was explained to me that a cocineria is not really a restaurant but a small kitchen where people can eat. 

On the way back to the hotel we stopped in another small town where we looked in the little stores around the town square. One of the stores had a llama out back that we got to look at and while back there I saw the loom that the lady used to make clothes out of llama wool. There was another store where you could take pictures with Madonna and Maximilliano, the resident llamas.

Old School

We got back to San Pedro soon after leaving the second small town where we rented bikes and rode to Moon Valley but turned around before we got there because it was getting dark. We also did some more shopping in San Pedro where I found a ready-to-eat quinoa popcorn like snack that was kinda sweet and really good.

We ate dinner at La Estaka where I got a cream of chile soup and cannelloni stuffed with tomatoes, cheese and eggplant. The soup was awesome and the cannelloni was really good especially when I put balsamic vinegar and olive oil on it.

It looks gross but was sooooo good.

....and so wraps up day 8 of my trip in Chile.