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San Pedro de Atacama

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March 19th 2010
Hola Amigos! After arrangements were finalized for Glenn and Marjorie’s journey home, Greg and I jumped on a bus to San Pedro de Atacama, in the north of Chile, away from the earth quake scene. San Pedro is 24 hours by bus from Santiago and landscape wise is very different. Not a cloud in the sky, hot temperatures in the high 30s, very dry, little vegetation apart from cactuses and sparse shr ... 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