We start our descent of this long, very long country
 
We are in the middle of the Atacama desert, with a low altitude. We have a huge snow storm during the night...
After the small snow spot in Bolivia, it is our first snow in 2 years...
National Park Pan de Azucar :
 We have just drive quite long hours. Pollux et Titus are
a little bit nervous. We ask them to run in front of the truck... They like it very much !!!
Dryness of the National Park 
Playa blanca... just for us
 
the national park is well known for the colony of penguins, cormorants and pelicans
 
 the color of the rock comes from... the birds droppings
sea lion
 
the coast is covered by a fog all the time. It brings a permanent humidity
 
some nets get back this humidity
 
way out of the national park.. the desert, always the desert
La Serena :
 
 
beautiful church with a sober architecture
Elqui Valley :
 in the middle of an arid vegetation, the Elqui valley
is like an oasis. In this valley, the chile national drink is distilled : the pisco.
 
of course, we visit a
distillery
 
65° !! and it's only a start !!!
 
 Erres is the reference
 
the street names letters are always beautiful Clock tower in the city of Vicuna
 Titus... 4 years old !!
 
Yes... some Lego !!
 
Chile is well known for the brightness of the sky. Many international observatories are located around. It is
difficult to visit them. The city of Vicuna has created an observatory just for the tourists. It is a great
occasion to observe Venus, Jupiter and some constellations. Unfortunately, the star of Pollux was not visible
at the time of our visit...
Crossing of a range of mountains through small tracks... very small tracks...
 
The cactus is the main flora
Ovalle :
 
 Ovalle is the granary of Chile...
 
by duj 
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