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Article: Walking on the moon.(Travel Destinations)
- Article from:
- Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
- Article date:
- December 13, 2003
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Byline: Evening Gazette
As the sun began to set in the Atacama desert in northern Chile, the dusty red rock at the base of the volcanoes grew deeper in colour.
With the majestic forms turning shades of cool blue and decadent purple, the view altered by the second as the snow-streaked peaks were illuminated against the dusk sky.
Standing at the edge of a plunging canyon, I was in the driest desert in the world, taking part in the Explora experience.
The Explora hotel is a base camp nestled on the edge of the oasis town of San Pedro de ...