ATACAMA - VALLE DE LA MUERTE

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Our excursion into the desert took us to the Cordillera de la Sal, and our first stop was in El Valle de la Muerte. Our guide, Mariano, explained that the name, Death Valley, originated as a misunderstanding. A Belgium priest said that the placed looked like Marte (Mars), and the native indians, who were not familiar with Spanich, thought he said that the placed looked like Muerte (death). Voila! ... Read Full Entry

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