Jan

19

Accommodation - Hostal Puritama, San Pedro de Atacama

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Hostal Puritama, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile - Nov 2007
Regina
“A late arrival 11 PM arrival and no hotel rooms! No taxis, dark streets, heavy luggage, looked like a real adobe pueblo save for the bars, restaurants, hostels, live music, drumming, fire pits and young Chileños and Europeans. We finally got a place for the night [...]

Jan

18

Travellers Tales - Shopping in La Paz, Bolivia

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Bolivia, La Paz - Oct 2007
Regina
How could I forget the sights we saw on the way to the main plaza and cathedral?
There are vendors everywhere. They are usually women called cholitas in native dress which consists of a shiny fringed shawl over a skirt with many meters of fabric and many pleats. The best [...]