Valle del Elqui

a small town on the way to Valle del Elqui

Pisco Elqui, beautiful town in the valley

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a giant sleeping on a small bench in a small Chilean town

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resting of our long walk to somewhere where we could put a tent

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we would have loved to do the same!

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Valle Pisco Elqui

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seems my hair got stuck on the electric cables

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Pueblito Artesanal Horcón

first we were invited to stay with one of the sellers, then we were allowed to use the public kitchen

she loved our company

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resting

the most wonderful family in Horcon, who hosted and fed us for two days

washing dishes in this house is best done around early afternoon, when water in the pipes gets naturally warm

it is a house built eco-friendly, i.e. bottles instead of windows

door made of carton instead of wood

most of the house is made of recycled material

walking to the family\&#039;s farm in the mountains

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one of the bee boxes to produce natural honey was broken

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it looks like a fetus

meditating while seeing the world upside-down; in the triangle is the magic

a spiritual place

on the way back, this time along the mountains, not the road

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Horcón by night

music filling the cold air

our host selling natural products

a photo session for the kids

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playing with second hand toys

all of us in the garden

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