Walking down to another salt lake on the Salar de Atacama altiplano

Walking on Mars

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August 11th 2007
Hola desne San Pedro de Atacama mi amigos!!! These blogs are coming thick and fast now - I only have 11 days before I fly back to London from Rio, and I reckon this will be the second to last blog before I go home. I have no intention of spending too long in a dingy internet cafe when I have Ipanema and Copacabana beach outside waiting for me in Rio! I have spent the last week travelling around ... 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