Setting up camp

Oasis in the desert

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April 12th 2007
From La Serena to San Pedro took 3 days travelling. It was very exhausting but the scenery was beautiful. We did 2 bush camps. The first night we stopped in a remote cove near Chañaral. We arrived just in time for a great sunset. There was a lovely dinner around the camp fire. The next day we were still on the Pan Am. We passed a truck that had been run off the road by someone who was passing h ... 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