Wendy

After a night of continually waking and praying for Sam’s foot to be OK, the first order of the day was to bring Sam to the ‘hospital’. A nice guy saw Sam hopping along as we made our way to the medical center and gave us a lift. There, it seems like in any emergency room anywhere in the world no matter how rustic or sophisticated, we waited hours to be seen. And, as is also true everywhere, it was highly unclear as to in what order they were taking patients. In fact, Sam was finally seen (by the nurse only I might add) when the waiting room had completely cleared out! Of course there was no x-ray machine, but she asked some questions, took a look and declared it a sprain (and I mean, who needs an x-ray anyway?) Phewffff! 

This happy diagnostic allowed us to continue on with our afternoon plans of going to soak in high altitude thermal baths, which was very relaxing (and even more so knowing Sam’s pain would be gone in a day or so). 

For our last night in San Pedro de Atacama, we went out for a nice dinner at Estaka and then got everything ready for a next adventure…our crossing into Bolivia and rustic three day excursion.

Alexis

Contrairement à Wendy, le problème de pied de Sam ne m’a pas empêché de dormir, mais nous décidons tout de même de l’emmener à l’hôpital de SP pour avoir un avis de pro. Après quelques heures d’attente, c’est en fait l’infirmière qui l’examine et conclut très vite à une petite entorse (ouf, une fracture aurait été synonyme de galere, ils n’ont même pas d’équipement de radiologie).

L’après-midi nous allons passer quelques heures aux thermes, une rivière d’eau chaude dans un canyon très jolie et relaxante (on y trouve même des sirènes), à 45 minutes de route de SP.

Demain, départ pour la Bolivie au petit matin…