Los Flamencos National Reserve

San Pedro De Atacama

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January 16th 2012
Hola! I´m currently sitting in a little internet cafe in the heart of the Atacama desert. I´ve spent a few days in a small (and again, very hot) town called San Pedro de Atacama and am now awaiting my next overnight bus to Copiapo. The bus journey here was surprisingly good given the duration of it. I met a couple of very nice ladies from Germany on the bus, one of whom was doing some underc ... 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