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Copiapo and Laguna Verde

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June 17th 2008
Arrived in Copiapo via a 5 hour bus ride in Premier Class - must be the comfiest bus ride ever. Spent the night in a hotel and then got up next morning to book a tour of the salt plains and Laguna Verde (Green Lake). Driver spoke un poko english and we spoke even less spanish. We had full-on conversations without either of us having a clue what the other was on about. So we went from 300m ... read more

South America » Chile » Atacama » Copiapó

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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