Porto di Tocopilla, Cile
Tocopilla, Chile by night
Leaving Tocopilla, Day 3, March 3, 2009
Verso Maria Elena
Arrivando a Maria Elena, Cile
Enjoying play on words....
Luxury relaxation at the municipal pool in Maria Elena
Le nostre destinazioni
Valle de Muerte/Marte, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Germano alla Valle de Muerte/Marte
In fila indiana, salendo le dune
Vista del volcan Licancabur ed altri volcani della cordillera Andina / View of Licancabur volcano and other volcanoes in the Andean ridge
dune, cordillera de la sal, e volcano Licancabur / dunes above the Salt Ridge, and Licancabur volcano in the distance
valle de muerte/marte; cordillera de la sal
texture in the desert
geometrie
distanze
granelli di sabbia
sale, gesso, sabbia / salt, chalk (gypsum), sand
Juan Pablo and Bob, walking
Lo zio Germano assaggia il sale....
castelli di sale, Valle de la Luna, San Pedro de Atacama
salt peaks, Valle de la Luna, San Pedro de Atacama
salt canyon, Valle de la Luna
cristalli
Carolyn and Juan Pablo at the salt cave
salt cave
Germano, Monica, Javier and Polo
hike to sunset view at Valle de la Luna
Monica at Valle de la Luna
formations, Valle de la Luna
Mother nature's formations
Michele e Monica
the biking group at Valle de la Luna
tramonto a Valle de la Luna
sunset at Valle de la Luna
cordilleras, near and far
Cordillera de la Sal, nearby; Andean cordillera behind / Cordillera de la Sal con la Cordillera Andina dietro
post-sunset
inizia la salita
Germano salendo i 2200 metri di dislivello in 40 km
Michele, Germano, Volcano Licancabur
Germano ed il volcano
llamas en el altiplano
Hito Cajon, a 4600 metri sopra il livello del mare; una salita di 40 km partendo da 2400 circa
Michele, Harold and Carolyn rejoice at 4600 meters above sea level
Michele e Germano in cima; a 4600 metri, con Licancabur sempre piu' vicino
accesso a Bolivia....
il volcano Licancabur da piu' vicino / a closer view of Licancabur volcano
majestic Licancabur, dominating the plains of San Pedro
remnants of the near war between Argentina, Peru, Bolivia in 1979
cena all'hotel Terrantai, San Pedro de Atacama
leaving San Pedro, all sick from food poisoning / lasciando San Pedro, ammallati da
il bagno alla frontiera boliviana
Entrando in Bolivia / Entering Bolivia
Bolivian Bureaucracy
burocrazia boliviana
bandiera boliviana / Bolivian flag
una delle nostre jeep
directing traffic
laguna blanca
desert roads, Bolivian altiplano
il rosa del deserto
colors
Monica
strade desertiche
Germano sull'altiplano
Monica, acque termali, altiplano boliviano
relax nel deserto
viste infinite
laguna colorada
laguna colorada, volcanic rock
traveling through the Bolivian desert
molten colors of laguna colorada and clouds
laguna colorada, flamingos
herd of lamas, borox piled in the laguna colorada
tagged llama
scattered vicunas at laguna colorada
Arbol de piedra
roccia nel deserto
lagune altiplaniche
neve sull'altiplano
Villa Alota, Bolivia
thunderstorm over Villa Alota, Bolivia
church in Villa Alota, Bolivia
our route in Bolivia
Pueblos autenticos
clouds over Villa Alota, Bolivia
colors in town's main plaza
unique storefront
subdued colors
corrugated tin
mud bricks
sunset over Villa Alota, Bolivia / tramonto sui vulcani di Villa Alota
Lost city
plants
different desert heights
rocks
Bob in the window
desert plant
Michele amongst the rocks
il gruppo sotto il Moa
desert tufts, flameweed
El Condor
Condor's head / La testa del condor
il guado / forging streams
laguna colorada with its borax
camminando lungo la riva della laguna colorada
borax on the shore / borax lungo la riva
lunch in the desert
il famigirato pranzo di Germano?
Harold and Carolyn
mud geysers
geyser di fango
bubbling geysers
bolle di fango
bolle perfette / perfect bubbles
geothermal power / energia geotermale
Fritz ai geyser
squiggles
Monica pedalando l'altiplano
Monica e Michele, a 4600 metri
the highest point / il punto piu' alto Germano, Michele, Harold, 4833 m.
Monica in the desert
Entering Argentina
Frontiera altiplanica
Argentinean bureaucracy
A long way
biking near Susques, Argentina
lonely homestead
approaching Salinas Grandes
in bici sul sale, Salinas Grandes
cristalli perfetti
Cuesta de Lipan, down to Purmamarca
Purmamarca area
Michele climbing from San Pedro de Atacama
rest stop on climb from San Pedro de Atacama
Fritz and Bill at the top of Hito Cajon, at intersection with Bolivia
Bill at 4600 meters above sea level
Bill, Fritz and Bob with volcanoes after 2200 meter climb
colors and textures of the altiplano
jeep through the desert
fenicotteri alla laguna colorada
Michele ed i vulcani
Monica con il vulcano Licancabur
Bob at Salinas Grandes
Walter, salt man, Marcelo (paramedic), Bob
Javier and Bill, Salinas Grandes
Descending Cuesta de Lipan
