A brief insight into the chaotic and hopelessly uninformed way in which these tails are brought to you. In truth the only reason I had come to Chile was to establish why I had placed two little stars on the map of the country an indeterminable time ago, the first was Chuquicamata which I had […]
Paranal & Pan de Azúcar: The frontier Read More »
Travelling through the vast swathes of desert in Chile, one thing becomes apparent. The rate at which the country is extracting resource from the Earth is an order of magnitude greater than its neighbours. Copper, Sulphur, Nitrates (and bird shit) the industrial mining capabilities of this long narrow and unlikely nation, it seems at first
Chuquicamata: Mobile megaliths Read More »
After the Argentinian odyssey that was Salta and Jujuy, arriving into San Pedro was somewhat of a surprise, this tiny desert oasis I would soon learn, has become the epicentre of tourism in Northern Chile. For me it was simply the shortest and most convenient route into the country but the passage from Argentina takes
San Pedro de Atacama: Four legged disciples Read More »