Snowy volcanoes in a hot desert

Deserts and Snowy volcanoes. San Pedro De Atacama

June 14th 2015
San Pedro is cute little town in the heart of the Atacama Dessert, beautiful and warm by day but freezing cold at night due to it's altitude of 7,500 ft We spent today hiking up to Pokara De Quitor. An old Inca ruin a few klms outside of San Pedro along a dusty road that followed the river. A zig zag path took us to a cross and a variety of ruins, from there we got the most amazing 360 degree vie ... 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

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Stan and Sheila woolley

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We both travelled and worked in Spain, which is where we first met, back in 1971. Things back then were quite different, no plastic card banking or internet to smooth the way. Our travels were put on hold for a few years whilst we brought up our two children. They now spend large chunks of their life exploring the world. In in our mid to late 50's we decided it was time we took up travelling again and this time write our own travel blog. Hope it can compete with the younger generations. We chose the nickname 'still crazy' because I guess that's what we are, still crazy. We completed three... full info

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