the Atacama and Altiplano
I visited the Atacama in 2007. In that year I attended the Crustacean Society annual meeting at La Serena, Chile, with two of my Ph D students, Carla Domingues and Patricia Pochelon. We took the opportunity of travelling to Chile, sneaked in a week of vacations, rented a 4x4 pick truck, and drove north through Antofagasta and Calama to San Pedro de Atacama.