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San Pedro de Atacama to Salta

1/2/20 – 1/7/20 The first day was mostly windless and uneventful.  I stopped after a hundred kilometers near a small creek and set camp.  I could have gone further but I knew it would be my last guaranteed water supply for two days and it made sense to leave in the morning well hydrated and Read More

Ruta de las Andinas Part I

12/11/19 – 12/17/19 From the old mission church near the end of the Ruta de las Vicuñas the road drops over a thousand meters to the town of Colchane.  Much of it runs through a narrow canyon filled with alpaca munching on wet grasses and vizcachas, a desert rodent the size of a rabbit, chasing Read More