The Green Lagoon

Out of Bolivia through the Salar

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December 15th 2007
We arrived in San Pedro de Atacama today, after a 3 day tour. On the first day, we went to the train cemetary, where Bolivian trains come to die. Then we went to Colchani, a small village on the edge of the Salar de Uyuni, where they produce - salt (what a surprise). After that, we drove into the Salar, went to visit the salt hotel (a hotel built of salt), which is now just a museum of sorts, an ... 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