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The town of San Pedro
de Atacama is a must visit for foreign visitors to Chile along what has
come to be known as the Gringo trail. In truth, I have come to question
our willing acceptance of the perjorative. In fact, like most other tourist
areas in Chile, this would more accurately be called the Sauerkraut trail.
We have met 20 German travelers for every one American while we have been
in Chile. Tiny San Pedro, at any rate, has scores of tour and travel agencies,
most of them run by laid back Santiaguinos. While it is touted as a typical
Aymara village, there are literaly no indigenous people benefitting from
the tourist trade. It is grossly overpriced and overrated. It is, however,
the closest place with accomodations to some of the more interesting geography
in Chile's vast desert.
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