San Pedro de Atacama: Sand Demons Land (Sandboarding Video)

The mud brick buildings of San Pedro begin to shimmer as the sun finally overcomes the cool dry air and the desert begins to warm up. As we make our way through a maze of salt mud valleys we glare out at the 4pm sun and are glad we dressed down a little. There are no ski lifts in the desert after all and a combination of the afternoon dessert heat and the walk up the 100m+ dunes at altitudes of 3,000m are known to tear at the legs and lungs of the unprepared.
This is the story of Niki and I's introduction to the competetive sport of sand boarding.

 

 

Nikis Bits: haha Corey ate so much sand!! hilarious..