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Article: Travel: Just deserts are guaranteed; Laura Elston treks through the driest place on Earth.(Features)
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- Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- December 23, 2003
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Byline: Laura Elston
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.
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 Atacama,and specifically designed to offer excursions to the natural territories of the Atacama.
Encircled by volcanoes and close to the tip of the Salar de Atacama -an expanse of ...