Sand Dune

Stop 11: San Pedro de Atacama

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October 1st 2010
After braving the 23 hour journey to get here, which actually wasn´t as bad as it sounds, if we erase the memory of the food, we arrived in San Pedro to beautiful sunshine. We immediately found our hostel, dropped off our belongings and changed into our shorts feeling very happy to have finally found some heat! Sadly this didn´t last long, once the sun had gone it was freezing! So cold in fact t ... 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