Departing from Santiago de Chile northbound and twenty-three hours after a pleasant and comfortable journey in Tur line (bus) we arrived at dusk in San Pedro de Atacama. San Pedro is located at a height of approximately 2.300my a distance of about 100 km from the nearest urban center, Calama. We welcome an austere
and charming little village whose life is built around its main street, Caracoles.
Houses built with mud bricks (clay, manure and straw), some of them painted white and beautifully combined with blue doors and windows, have no more than one story high. Cactus wood ceilings covered by mud or straw.
low walls made of adobe with dead branches in its top to deter intruders, barren dirt roads combed by a swinging of people, cars and good-looking dogs on guard against any possible bite. Tackling
Caracoles street looms on the horizon an imposing and barren mountains reminiscent of the vastness of the Atacama desert around us.
A square cobbled town hall exhibits, an archaeological museum and the lovely church and a national monument.
It is noteworthy that this seductive and refined appearance has not been to the detriment of the tourist attraction that San Pedro has to offer.
large number of tourist accommodations, restaurants, cafes and agencies that provide us with practices of "sand-boarding, cycling and horse riding tours through valleys and gorges, visiting the Valley of Death and the Moon, visiting the Salar de Atacama, tour astronomical treckings volcanoes, visit the Geysers Geysers, visits to the highland lakes ...
is worth mentioning the aptly named "altitude sickness" "Altitude sickness" or "puna" which can affect us physically and disable if not properly taken into account. When you start a trekking or take a rise, progress must be measured and slow with frequent stops to allow the body to go acl.jpg)
Imata to oxygen depletion.
The dry environment is another companion of the desert where it is so important to drink water frequently and covering up to protect us from sun prompt Interesting ultraviolet light beside the museum.
During our visit to the highland lakes and Miñique Miscanti to over 4,000 m altitude, to be pledged harmony with the Indian coexists with nature. Exemplary ecological awareness, respect, appreciation, care and love to Pachamama, mother earth that welcomes us and offers us generous. Often the indigenous
is faced with the dilemma of choosing between following her placid life observing their traditions and the temptation of a much higher gain for tourism at the expense of privacy.
are common in San Pedro cuts water supply, since the combination of poor rains, or just one week in a year, and the increasing influx of tourists without conscious habits in consumption, make it necessary .
We took form in the heart of emotion of the company's experiences in love, the rich symphony of brown earth displaying dried and salted, their blue shadows, its majesty, our smallness, their nakedness and austerity, our masks, blue skies, limpid and clear, its peace and his silence, his generosity and our need for a sincere thank you. We feel the heart full. Ana Arnau
and charming little village whose life is built around its main street, Caracoles.
Houses built with mud bricks (clay, manure and straw), some of them painted white and beautifully combined with blue doors and windows, have no more than one story high. Cactus wood ceilings covered by mud or straw.
low walls made of adobe with dead branches in its top to deter intruders, barren dirt roads combed by a swinging of people, cars and good-looking dogs on guard against any possible bite. Tackling
Caracoles street looms on the horizon an imposing and barren mountains reminiscent of the vastness of the Atacama desert around us.
A square cobbled town hall exhibits, an archaeological museum and the lovely church and a national monument.
It is noteworthy that this seductive and refined appearance has not been to the detriment of the tourist attraction that San Pedro has to offer.
large number of tourist accommodations, restaurants, cafes and agencies that provide us with practices of "sand-boarding, cycling and horse riding tours through valleys and gorges, visiting the Valley of Death and the Moon, visiting the Salar de Atacama, tour astronomical treckings volcanoes, visit the Geysers Geysers, visits to the highland lakes ...
is worth mentioning the aptly named "altitude sickness" "Altitude sickness" or "puna" which can affect us physically and disable if not properly taken into account. When you start a trekking or take a rise, progress must be measured and slow with frequent stops to allow the body to go acl
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Imata to oxygen depletion. The dry environment is another companion of the desert where it is so important to drink water frequently and covering up to protect us from sun prompt Interesting ultraviolet light beside the museum.
During our visit to the highland lakes and Miñique Miscanti to over 4,000 m altitude, to be pledged harmony with the Indian coexists with nature. Exemplary ecological awareness, respect, appreciation, care and love to Pachamama, mother earth that welcomes us and offers us generous. Often the indigenous
is faced with the dilemma of choosing between following her placid life observing their traditions and the temptation of a much higher gain for tourism at the expense of privacy.
are common in San Pedro cuts water supply, since the combination of poor rains, or just one week in a year, and the increasing influx of tourists without conscious habits in consumption, make it necessary .
We took form in the heart of emotion of the company's experiences in love, the rich symphony of brown earth displaying dried and salted, their blue shadows, its majesty, our smallness, their nakedness and austerity, our masks, blue skies, limpid and clear, its peace and his silence, his generosity and our need for a sincere thank you. We feel the heart full. Ana Arnau
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