On Route to San Pedro

San Pedro De Attacama

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December 12th 2008
With 2 hours of sleep i set off on the 10 hour bus journey. It actually wasn't too bad and was one of the few times i slept for hours on a bus. I was trying to stay awake because the scenery as we drove up into the Andes was so cool. We started to get pretty high are some stages and the altitude was affecting Al pretty bad although i could hardly breathe at some points. After going through the Arg ... read more

South America » Chile

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more