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| Oasis in the Atacama Desert |
Uneventful flight from Calama to Santiago and settle into hotel.Wander the mean streets of Santiago and have a modest dinner.
Next day we are taken on our city tour by our robotic guide Arturo.
Highlights included observing the military coup at the president's palace
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| Sousaphones for Ella |
but especially visiting the very traditional cafe and observing the wait staff in their very traditional native dress.
The afternoon was spent wandering the streets looking for objets d'art. I have worked out that the Spanish word "artesan" can be translate as "overpriced, knock off crap".
In the evening we went out to dinner with my colleague, Ariel, to El Mestizo restaurant, recommended to us personally by Mick and Keef who had dined there last week.
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| Goodbye South America |
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