Miscanti Lagoon

Don't worry, be tour-ist

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October 28th 2006
Don't worry, be tour-ist If you have to choose from 30 bad apples, which one do you take? This question preoccupied us for at least a day after we had arrived in the boom-town of San Pedro, an oasis in the Atacama desert which is populated by a handful of llama herdsmen, quite a few souvenir sellers, plenty of guesthouse managers and definitely too many tour operators. In the meantime we picked ou ... 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