Irrigation channel at Toconao

San Pedro de Atacama and surrounds

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August 11th 2008
Monday 11 Next morning we drove out of town via Chuquicamata. Have been told it employs 15000 workers per shift and they run 3 shifts per day. The workers all have fantastic pays and conditions…since early 1990s when the unions took control and organized miners’ rights. The next major long haul was to San Pedro de Atacama. This was a drive with big views up and up and up the mountain range ... 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