View whilst cycling

San Pedro de Attacama

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July 19th 2009
2nd May 2009 Although the buses in Chilie are really comfy they strangely decided to stop at 4am so we could get off the bus to have our bags checked (I say checked they merely just poked our bags). Once herded back on the bus we continued on to San Pedro. We were greeted off the bus by the usual hotel touts and as we had no where to stay and too tired to bother looking we went with th ... read more

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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