- Idilesi: iSan Pedro de Atacama, Ininzi eLagoon, eChile.
Ukuya eChile kuya kukhunjulwa ngendawo yakhe emangalisayo kunye nobuhle obuyingqayizivele. Enye yezona ndawo zikhethwa kakhulu ukuba bonke abatyeleli batyelele uLake Miscanti. Efumaneka kwindawo ephakamileyo yee-4,400 m, kwindawo ye-Antofagasta, esenyakatho yelizwe, iyakhangisa abahambi.
Ilitye yenye yezinto eziyisixhenxe ezigcinwe eChile, ngoko uceba uhambo oluya kwizinto ezininzi, kubalulekile ukunika ixesha lokusingqongileyo, kunikezelwa ukuba kukho indawo eninzi enomdla ukubona apha, kunye nezinto ezithandayo ezendalo. Yeka umthala-mlilo, ngeenyawo apho ilitye ikhona khona, akuyi kusebenza.
Yintoni ubuhle belibi?
Ngasentshonalanga, i-echibi liphelezelwe yiSalar de Atacama ibhasi, kwaye umda weBolivia kunye ne-Argentine uphawuleza. Yonke into ekhangayo yaseLake Miscanti ilele kumbala obomvu obomvu wamanzi, ngoko ke iifoto kwimvelaphi yazo ziba zihle kwaye ziyingqayizivele.
Olunye uqobo lwale ndawo yimizi yamanzi yeryuwa, eyabetha ngqo phantsi komhlaba, eyenza lonke ulunxweme lugubungele umkhanyo omhlophe, kwaye amanzi aselwandle aya kuba ngamanzi. Apho ukuqhekeka kwakha kwi-crust, ukufikelela kwamanzi kuvuleka, okukhangela amafu eentaka, ezisoloko zikhangeleka ukubukela.
Okukuphela kokuphazamiseka kunokunyuka ukuphakama kwindawo ephakamileyo, kuba kungekhona wonke umntu obhekana lula ne-oksijini yindlala. Ukuze ungakuphepheli iimeko ezingamangalisi, kungcono ukuthenga uhambo olunikezelwe kwiLake Miscanti, kunye nama-lagoons asondeleyo. Ukusebenzisa imali akuxolisi, kuba ngelinye ilanga kuninzi ukubonakala okucacileyo kuya kufakwa.
Ukuhamba kwendlela kuza kunceda i-lollipops kunye ne-coca extract, engathengwa kwiivenkile zaseSan Pedro . Kodwa ukuphazamiseka kuya kuvela kwimvelaphi, ngokukhawuleza ukuba indlela eya echibini, ezungezwe ngeentaba ezimnandi, zivela phambi kwamehlo akho. Abanye abatyeleli banokukwazi ukunyusa iimpungutye zasendle, abangesabi ngabantu nonke. Umbono ongakulibaleki uya kuba yi-guanaco, ngokutya ngokuthula ngaselunxwemeni.
Ukuwela ngokukhuselekileyo kumakhilomitha angama-4400, abahambi banokubona iLake Miscanti ngamehlo abo, abo amanzi abo aphetshwe kuzo zonke izinto ezivela kwi-azure ukuya kwi-violet. Ubukhulu beli ndawo bubeka imiqondo yefilosofi.
Indlela yokufikelela echibini?
Ukufikelela kwi-Miscanti kulungile ukusuka eSan Pedro ngemoto. Uhambo lonke luya kuthatha iiyure eziliqela. Okokuqala kufuneka uqhube umgwaqo kwinqanaba le-asphalt, kwaye emva koko uhambe ngeendlela zobumba. Kwaye abahambi bafika kuLwandle lweMiscanti .