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Valle della Luna

Lost in the desert with the light fading...

August 16th 2008
The bus to San Pedro de Atacama brings you through kilometre after kilometre of desert but this is no featureless landscape of sand dunes rather an everchanging vista of of mountains, salt flats, plains filled with rocks and boulders and in the distance the brown silent mountains stand watch. There is almost no vegetation apart from some small scrubby plants, perhaps some cactus exactly as you wou ... read more
South America » Chile » Antofagasta Region » San Pedro de Atacama

Chilean Flag 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
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