Across the Atacama in a Peugeot 206
January 22nd 2008 Having arrived in Antofagasta in northern Chile, Sheena & I decided we would leave as quickly as we could and explore the region a little. We hired a car and headed south along the Pan-American highway (Ruta 5) from Antofagasta via ChaƱaral to the Pan de Azucar National park. This national park is in the Atacama desert which falls abrubtly into the Pacific Ocean where we set up camp on the beac
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