Country |
Province State |
Region |
City Town |
District |
Site OR Event |
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Description |
Year Taken |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Pintados |
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Styalised human figure. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Pintados |
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A bird and geometric patterns. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Pintados |
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Squares and rectangles. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Pintados |
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The flat desert between the petroglyph-laden hills. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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The once-thriving nitrate town of Humberstone. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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The town was founded in the 19th century. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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The main square. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Humberstone was abandoned by 1960 and is now a ghost town. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Crumbling houses. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Deserted streets. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Abandoned house. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Empty square. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Former family residence. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Humberstone is a ghost town after being abandoned in the late 1950s. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Humberstone is an abandoned former nitrate town. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Former cinema. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Abandoned house. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Empty streets and squares. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Former railway station. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Abandoned streets and houses. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Crumbling electricty and telegraph poles. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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The former theatre was a magnificent building. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Side entrance to the theatre. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Interior of the theatre. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Former market building. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Former ice cream parlour. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Former church. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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The former church from the side. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Entrance to the former swimming pool. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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The inside of the swimming pool. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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The swimming pool is made from a ship's hull. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Industrial area. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Humberstone is former nitrate town. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Humberstone |
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Humberstone was abandoned. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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The northern Atacama Desert is crossed by many fertile valleys. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Fertile valley. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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The northern Atacama Desert. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Rock layers uplifted by geological processes. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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The main highway to Northern Chile. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Arica |
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Arica is Chile's most Northerly city. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Arica |
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Arica was originally part of Peru. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Arica |
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Rain is unknown in this city. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Arica |
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The Church of San Marcos de Arica was designed in 1875 by Gustav Eiffel . |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Arica |
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The Custom House in Arica was designed by Gustav Eiffel. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Arica |
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Trading in the pedestrinised centre. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Arica |
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Public telephone. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Arica |
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Trading on the pavement. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Arica |
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Street scene. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Arica |
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German railway engine from 1924. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Arica |
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Government building. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Arica |
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El Morro. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Arica |
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The harbour. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Arica |
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Monument commemorating Chile's victory over Peru to take Arica. |
1994 |
Chile |
Atacama Desert |
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Arica |
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Statue of Bernado O'Higgins, son of an Irish immigramt who helped Chile gain independence from Spain. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
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The Lluta Valley is a fertile region surrounded by desert. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
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The Lluta Valley carries a river from the Andean highlands providing a fertile valley floor. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
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The valley floor is watered from the Andes while the valley walls are barren desert. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
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Geoglyphs of the llama trains that used to ply this route from Bolivia to the coast. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
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The fertile valley floor, watered by waters from the Andes. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
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Herder with llamas. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
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Llamas are a domesticated camelid. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
Poconchile |
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The village of Poconchile. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
Poconchile |
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Poconchile is on the fertile valley floor. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
Poconchile |
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The Church of San Geronimo dates from the 17th century and is one of the oldest in Chile. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
Poconchile |
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The village cemetary. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
Poconchile |
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Rehersing for a festival. The village is Ayamara |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
Poconchile |
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A group of Aymara dancers rehersing for the Day of the Dead festival. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
Poconchile |
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Aymara dancers with traditional costumes. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
Poconchile |
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Aymara dancer. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
Poconchile |
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A cactus in flower. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
Poconchile |
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A corral (enclosure) with llamas. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
Poconchile |
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Llamas are kept for their wool and meat. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
Poconchile |
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Llamas are one of the four species of South American camelids. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
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The Arica to La Paz highway connects Chile to Bolivia. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Lluta Valley |
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View from the highlands. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Zapahuira is a desolate region between 2000m and 3000m. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Zapahuira lies between the desert coastal lowlands and the Andean highlands. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Desolate mountains. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Candelholder cacti obtain moisture from coastal mists. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Candelholder cacti flower for one day every year. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Dramatic sky. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Volcanoes marking the border with Peru. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Desert plants growing on bare rock. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Zapahuira is a desolate region between the coastal desert and the Andean highlands. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Dramatic scenery. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Copaquilla Fort |
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Copaquilla Fort overlooks a steep canyon. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Copaquilla Fort |
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The fort is next to a high cliff. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Copaquilla Fort |
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The 12th century fort was built by the Aymara. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Copaquilla Fort |
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Stone walls. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Copaquilla Fort |
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Stone wall and a cliff. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Copaquilla Fort |
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View from the fort. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Sandsrone cliffs. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Green valley floor. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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A table mountain (mesa). |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Zapahuira Tambo |
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Zapahuira Tambo is an Inca inn dating from the 15rh century. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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Zapahuira Tambo |
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View towards the Bolivian border. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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One of many table mountains. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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A cafe on the Arica to La Paz highway. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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The Taki Posada is a guest house built around a railway carriage. |
1994 |
Chile |
Norte Grande |
Zapahuira |
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The small village of Zapahuira. |
1994 |