Piramides del Sal

Outer Space.

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February 23rd 2006
After I left La Paz on Sunday, I headed for Oruro where I expected to catch a train the next day. But misinformation propagated by the so-called traveller´s bible, Lonely Planet, got me there... right on time incidentally. So I caught a train down the silver line for Uyuni. They played Shawshank Redemption in Spanish... (the train was actually run by TNT.) We got into the itty bitty town at 3a ... 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