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Ilo, Perú

July 17, 2023

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Ilo, Perú, has a population of about 67,000. Ilo is a coastal town but not a beach town, as you can see in the photos in the photo album, there is no actual beach here. There are a couple gravel/rock 'beaches' and north of town is the area called Pacocha, which does have a beach.

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Arica, Chile and journey update

July 15, 2023

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Arica, Chile. First, my final opinion about Calama, after my second visit to the town - I still am not enamored with the town, mostly because of the desert - it is very polluted with trash all around the city, and the dust that hangs in the air. You can't see it when you're in the city, but from outside the city you sure can see it. One visit to the Atacama Desert is enough, two was more than enough.

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San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina

July 10, 2023

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San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina.

In wrapping up my visit to Paraguay, and working my way north through the towns of Yby Yaú and Concepción, I visited Filadelfia, a mostly Mennonite town. Taking the bus from Filadelfia should have been no more than 5 - 5 1/2 hours, so I figured. Boy, was I wrong.

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Purmamarca, Argentina

July 8, 2023

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Purmamarca, Argentina, has a population of about 891, as of the 2010 census. Purmamarca is an old town—the church (see the photos in the photo album) was built in 1648, and is still being used today. The town had already existed at the time of the conquest of the local area. The walls are adobe and the roof is made of Cardón and mud. Cardón is a catus that looks very similar to the Sajuaro cacti in Arizona and northern Mexico.

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A map of my route for my journey of South America

July 6, 2023

This is an overview of my journey so far, as of July 5, 2023. But this time it is only a view of the route, as you can see in the map.

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Chip Wiegand

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I used to teach English as a foreign language in Barranquilla, Colombia. Now I'm retired and traveling throughout South America.

I'm from Kennewick, Washington, USA. In my previous life, as I call it, I was an IT guy, systems administrator, computer tech, as well as a shipping/receiving guy and also worked as a merchandising guy in a RV/Camping store.

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