Erin & Puppy

San Pedro de Atacama

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December 21st 2010
Heading to San Pedro de Atacama (Chile), we had heard from many other travellers that it was an over-crowded and over-priced tourist trap with not much to do... As for the first two descriptions, it is true that the streets of the small city of San Pedro de Atacama, with a population of merely 3,200 locals, are lined with an innumerable amount of tour companies and are overrun with tourists from ... read more

South America » Chile » Antofagasta Region » San Pedro de Atacama

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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