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Houston Intercontinental Airport
Universidad de Santiago metro station
Calle Londres 38, Espacio de Memorias
Plaza de Armas, Catedral Metropolitana de Santiago
Catedral Metropolitana de Santiago
Plaza de Armas
Avenida Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins
Centro Gabriela Mistral
Centro Gabriela Mistral
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La Chascona, Pablo Neruda’s Santiago residence
Plaza de Armas, Catedral Metropolitana de Santiago
Turbus terminal, Santiago (Terminal de Buses Alameda)
Fountain at Plaza de la Victoria
Mural by Cuelli Mangui, Cerro Alegre
Iglesia Luterana de la Santa Cruz (Alemana)
Almirante Montt (street connecting Cerro Alegre and Concepcion)
Murals, Cerro Concepcion
Paseo Yugoslavo/Palacio Baburizza
Mural by Inti, view from Cerro Concepcion
Plaza Sotomayor, Comandancia en Jefe de la Armada de Chile
Valparaiso port, view from Cerro Artilleria
Mural in Bellavista
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas
Relaxing before Ph.D. thesis defense
Cerro Santa Lucia
On the way to Calama
The Chuquicamata Coppermine near Calama
Valle de la Luna, view from Piedra del Coyote
Valle de la Luna, view from Piedra del Coyote
Vale de la Marte a.k.a Valle de la Muerte
Valle de la Luna
Valle de la Luna, view from Duna Major
Sunset at Duna Major, Valle de la Luna
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Valle Arcoiris (Rainbow valley)
Valle Arcoiris
Valle Arcoiris
Valle Arcoiris
Valle Arcoiris
Llama
Yerbas Buenas Petroglyphs (shaman)
Yerbas Buenas Petroglyphs (llama caravan)
Yerbas Buenas Petroglyphs
Iglesia San Pedro, San Pedro de Atacama
Iglesia San Pedro, San Pedro de Atacama
Caracoles (street) and volcano Licancabur, San Pedro de Atacama
Vicuñas
Rainbow on clouds
End of the road (plowed) at Laguna Miscanti
Laguna Miscanti  (in the background)
Vicuña
Volcano Miscanti (?)
Viscacha (chinchilla) at Piedras Rojas
Pierdras Rojas under Joanna’s feet
Pierdras Rojas
Frozen lake at Pierdras Rojas
Pierdras Rojas
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Salar de Atacama and active Volcano Lascar
Chilean flamingos = Flamenco Chileno (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
Chilean flamingos at Laguna Chaxa, Salar de Atacama
Laguna Chaxa, Salar de Atacama
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Chilean flamingos
Sunrise at El Tatio basin
Sunrise with steam rising from El Tatio geysers
Hot spring with colorful algae
Geyser field
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Hot springs at El Tatio
Vicuñas
Putana wetlands
Putana wetlands
Active Volcano Putana, with the road to the crater built for sulphur mining (abandoned)
Church in Machuca
Machuca a stop for modern day tourist caravans
Atacameño ruins of Pucara de Quitor
View from Pucara de Quitor mirador -Volcano Licancabur  and the desert where caravans crossed on the way to the highlands
View of Valle de la Muerte from Pucara de Quitor mirador
ALMA radio telescopes far and high up
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Monjes de la Pacana (Monks of Pacana rocks) and Salar de Aguas Calientes
Monjes de la Pacana and Salar de Aguas Calientes
Pretty much the end of our trip – flat tire in the middle of the desert without tools and with bad spare
A glimpse at Salar de Tara (Tara salt flat), other tourists were taking pictures of us trying to cheer us up
Many species of ducks and other waterfowl at Salar de Tara
Cathedral rocks (Catedrales)
Salar de Tara
Vicuñas in the desert
“Road” to Salar de Tara, we ara following the other van on the way back to San Pedro
You can almost fly in this wind at Monjes de la Pacana
Icy mountain passes on the way back to San Pedro.
Passing frozen Laguna Kepiaco
Volcano Licancabur is always there
Crossing Rio San Pedro
Quebrada del Diablo a.k.a. Garganta del Diablo (Devil’s gorge)
Biking in Quebrada del Diablo, here just clearing narrow passage
Quebrada del Diablo, one of many smaller side canyons
Our dog guards our rental bikes (actually sleeps after lunch)
Road to Catarpe village, Joanna and our dog far ahead
Centro Cultural La Moneda, Santiago
Palacio de la Moneda
Santiago center
Mercado Central
Donde Augusto restaurant at Mercado Central
Near Mercado Central
Parque Forestal and Museo de Bellas Artes
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