Game Plan

Money: $470 (290 in the bank, 100 in US, 80 in Chilean pesos)
Start day: Saturday, 1 in the morning
End day: Saturday morning at the latest

Saturday: La Serena and Parque Nacional Fray Jorge
Sunday: Las Ramadas, Tongoy and a Pisco production plant that the travel book said was worth visiting and there are free walk-in tours
Monday: Bus to Copaipo
Tuesday: Visit Bahia Inglesa, supposedly the best Southamerican beach on the Pacific side.
Tuesday night: Bus to San Pedro de Atacama
Wednesday: San Pedro and Salar de Atacama and Valle de la Luna
Thursday at 4 AM: Visit El Tatio to see 100 geysers go off at once
Thursday midday: Catch a bus back home, should be back in Santiago by midday Friday. The Inostrozas said I could reside with them.