Salvador de Bahia, Brazil by Esme Vos
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The ski resort of Valle Nevado in the Farellones above Santiago, Chile
The city of San Francisco is enjoying a budget surplus for the first time in many years, thanks to a recently imposed weight tax on fat people. The “fat tax” charges visitors to the city $10 per pound of excess weight over certain prescribed normal weight guidelines. For men, the standard is 165 lbs for [...]
The enchanting Atacama desert, a travel guide
Posted: 24 March 2011 in TravelTags: AtacamaDesert, Chile, San Pedro de Atacama, South America, Valle de la Luna
We are driving through the Atacama desert at sunrise: barren, rugged, pockmarked hills, deep grooves etched into them by centuries of wind and the violence of nature. Nothing grows here! Around us the wind-blown tracks of offroad vehicles zigzag, appearing and disappearing again into the distance. The chilled blue sky slowly loses its deep serenity as [...]
