at the salt lagoon

San Pedro de Atacama - the high life begins! (25.11.12-28.11.12)

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December 2nd 2012
When we arrived in San Pedro we had a little bit of trouble finding our hostel, their directions wanted us to turn and walk towards the mountains. San Pedro is surrounded by mountains on all sides, so the directions were a bit rubbish. The hostel turned out to be quite nice in the end, though it was about a ten minute walk in to the centre. San Pedro de Atacama is, what's known as, an oasis t ... 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