(northern chilean town starting with v) triple point

tonight at dinner i decided not to wear my coat and it was pretty cold (it's winter here). there was a delightful spicy salsa that they served with the bread. chilly chile chili.

the drive up today was stunning. i realized i was able to fly from the east coast to the west coast without changing time zones. the waves were huge and it was sunny and gorgeous.

apparently after tomorrow morning i will have no more internet connectivity till the weekend. i'll try to keep up the posting and will put them all up on saturday.

our team seems pretty cool. we've got four carloads of people (with radios) for coordinating during the caravan for the transect: blue van (huge passenger van i'm driving), green truck, red truck, and white truck.

the stars here are unbelievable. it's the sort of thing i can't take pictures of or describe or find a good postcard for. you just have to come here and see it yourself.