ATACAMA - GEYSERS DEL TATIO 120 (2)

ATACAMA - GEYSERS DEL TATIO

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November 26th 2013
Bleary eyed but with great expectations. We got up promptly at 3:00 AM and got dressed for our trip to the Geysers del Tatio. We had been warned the previous day by other people who had already done the tour that it would be freezing. The tour bus picked us up shortly after 4:00 AM, and we attempted to sleep during the long climb to the valley. It is 4322 (if I recall correctly) meters above se ... 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