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Copyright © 2003 Kevin O'Rourke
The site is a work in progress, the 'Album' page in each section contains some photos but only some sections have much text.
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kh6-27:My first destination in Chile was Torres del Paine national park. An early morning walk up to the Torres (towers) themselves was rewarded as the cloud cleared.
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kh9-35:Lake Grey, also in Torres del Paine has the Grey Glacier feeding into one end. The views as you walk along the side of the lake are fantastic.
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kh28-5:Much further north, at the desert end of Chile you often find llamas grazing close to the roads.
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kh10-7:Much of Chile's income comes from copper mining. This is the huge Chuquicamata copper mine, the tiny dots are dumper trucks.
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kh10-11:And here's one of those tiny dots. In fact this is an old truck, the ones in use in the mine are much bigger.
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kh5-22:Also in the high desert are the geysers of El Tatio. After a (very) early start we stood around in the freezing cold and watched the rising sun illuminate the clouds of vapour, then we went for a swim in the nearby pool.
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kh28-31:We travelled from Chile to Bolivia on a tour through the desert and across the Andes. High in the mountains are many lakes coloured by various minerals. This is Laguna Verde, so called because it turns green when the wind blows across it. I though the picture with the reflection looked nicer though.
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kh29-17:Some of the lakes are coloured red because of creatures living in them, which in turn attract flamingoes, this in Laguna Colorado.
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kh29-30:One of the highlights of the tour was the last day, when we drove across the Salar de Uyuni. This former sea is a huge plain of pure white salt, blinding in the sunlight.
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kh29-33:Here are the people I spent the three days of the tour with. From left to right: Oliver, Giles and Claire , Honario (our driver), Steve and Dugly.
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I took pictures in Bolivia too. But then I brought the film home and posted it. The Royal Mail then lost it. I was a bit upset.
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kh13-2:This is the view across Lake Titicaca from Taquila Island, on the Peruvian side of the lake. We took a boat trip across to the island from Puno.
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kh13-13:If you're in Peru the Inca trail to Macchu Picchu is pretty much compulsory. It takes three days to wind your way up through valleys and over mountain passes but there's plenty to look at to take your mind off the lack of oxygen and steep steps.
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kh13-21:On the night before we got to Macchu Picchu we camped at the foot of an Inca terrace, after walking down into the clouds.
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kh13-23:(Most of) the group at the Sun Gate above Macchu Picchu. From left to right: Jörg, Caroline, Kjell, Philomena, Mark, Ash and Clare. In front is our guide, Virgilio.
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kh14-19:We couldn't see much when we got there but the cloud eventually cleared and revealed Macchu Picchu.
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kh14-12:The Incas built walls which sloped inwards, to make their buildings resistant to earthquakes. The Spanish didn't. A lot of the churches the Spanish used Inca stones to build fell down, the Inca foundations are still standing.
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kh14-29:The famous Nasca lines. The shape in the centre is supposed to be a spider. Or it could be a runway for alien spacecraft...
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