Salt lakes outside San Pedro

The Big Dry Desert

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February 28th 2007
Arriving in San Pedro was not exactly exciting. After seven hours on the bus to get to Calama, then waiting two hours in the bus station before catching another two hour bus ride to San Pedro, I was not exactly impressed when we first arrived. Dry desert was pretty much the only things I could see, and the streets in San Pedro were all dust and dirt. The Plasa des armas was a little better as i ... read more

South America » Chile » Antofagasta Region » San Pedro de Atacama

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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