Route: (Bus from Mendoza to) Santiago - Calama - San Pedro - (to Bolivia)

Total Number of Days: 8
**See below for breakdown

Budget:
Overall Average: $32/day

Interesting expeditures:

• Percent of budget spent of food: 1/3 (Highest of any country)
• Total spent on internet: $4.77
• Bus to San Pedro from Calama: $3

Food and Drink:
Chile (and especially Santiago) is know for seafood.  Definitely check it out at the central market in Santiago, especially the Machas a la Parmesiana (clams with melted parmesan cheese).

Must Eats:

• Curanto - seafood soup with chicken, pork, and sausage
• Completos (www.domino.cl)
• Pisco Sours
• Carmenere red wine 

Highlights:

• Paella and home-made pisco sours at Lorena and Daniel´s
• San Pedro - cute desert town with dirt roads, great restaurants, and amazing tour opps
• Valley of the Dead and Valley of the Moon

Best Deals:

• Staying in Santiago for free (Thanks Lorena and Daniel!)
• Completos - condiment packed hot dog (www.domino.cl): $2.30
• Pino empanadas: $1
• Subway ride in Santiago: $0.76 

Note: Books are not a good deal. They have up to 100% markup in part because books are taxed in Chile. We found a few used book stores in Santiago (in the Lonely Planet) and San Pedro. 

**Calendar of Events
May
16 - Arrive in Santiago (via bus from Mendoza)
17,18 - Santiago
19 - Santiago (overnight to…)
20 - Calama
21 - Calama to San Pedro
22,23  - San Pedro
24 - Leave for Bolivian salt flats tour