Crossing the border do not change the landscape. We keep the same kind of fauna and flora...
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...with a first night in Chile near the great volcano Ollague which will smoke all night...
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There are some train between Chile and Bolivia, mainly to carry the salt from the Salar de Uyuni.
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Near Calama, there is the biggest copper mine in the world. The trucks are proportional to the size of the mine
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Titus toy in front of a truck wreck
La Gazelle is ridiculous in front of those monsters
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to carry the back of the truck use
3 lanes on the highway
San Pedro de Atacama (2350m) :
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wonderful village, very near Bolivia, Salar de Atacama...
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on the way to "valle de la muerte"
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with the lack of snow, we use the local slopes... the sand with the sand boards !!
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play ground of the afternoon
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the ascend are long and the surfs heavy !!!
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Titus, who do not surf, stop first to climb. He throws his truck which roll in the slope and follows it rapidly
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view from the top view from the bottom
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panorama from the top of the sand dune
ready to go !!!
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Moon valley
cellar of a restaurant
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After the Salar de Uyuni, the Atacama's one is not interesting. It looks like a mines' field...
petrol station near the salar de Atacama
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