Starry starry nights

Monday was  one of those days that seemed to go on forever but for a day that started badly it ended beautifully.

Without knowing the shape that our day was going to take Abs and I had booked a star gazing tour in Atacama at 9pm on Monday evening, something that I've been looking forward to since I left England. 

We had a few hours to kill and after checking in to our respective hostels we met up with Martin & Jeanine, Ben & Phoebe and Gabby & Anthony in the Plaza de Armas for a couple of beers, lunch and a Pisco.

The events of 10 hours before are long forgotten.....

Les, who was the Astonomer and Guide on the Space Obs tour was both funny and interesting, there were a number of telescopes set up so that we could see amongst other things, Sirius the sky's brightest star which is beautiful when you look at it through a telescope and the 'Spider' constellation, which is without a doubt the sparkliest most appealing spider that I've ever seen.

It was so interesting to learn a little of the 'history' of stars - the tour finished with a cup of hot chocolate and bed just before 1am.

It was a long day and one that will stay in my memory for lots of reasons, primarily because it was the first time I'd seen Sirius up close - truly an amazing and captivating sight.

Raine x