Salar sunrise

Deserts, Dust and Drug Dealers

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April 4th 2007
After 20 hours on a bus, with the added torture of watching Leo and Kate swamping about in Titanic, I arrived in a town in the driest desert on earth, San Pedro De Atacama. I made my way to a camp site and found myself again alone camping. The campsite was full of dust, had no hot showers and quite a few mangy dogs. I started to walk to a swimming pool from a natural spring in the desert but befo ... 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