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Sarah watches the sun set on another great day

San Pedro de Atacama

April 17th 2011
San Pedro de Atacama is a really beautiful oasis town located in the northeast of Chile. If you, like me, are not too fond of the rain then San Pedro could be for you - it ever rains here. But I suppose that's not too surprising considering the geography: San Pedro is as it's name suggests is a desert town and the Atacama desert is the driest desert in the world. At 2400m / 7000 ft above s ... read more
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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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