sunset and hordes of tourists

Chile and Argentina part 6 San Pedro de Atacama

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May 12th 2018
April 6 - and we embarked on a 10 hour bus ride to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. I take back all the comments I made earlier about Argentinian buses - the long distance ones are fabulous: incredibly comfortable and we got fed THREE times. There were lots of empty seats so we were able to sprawl out. 2 scheduled buses travel this route, leaving Salta at either 1am or 7am and we were really glad we h ... read more

South America » Chile

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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