Chile, March 2012 a sample of wine at concha y toroa treealgae food for brine shrimp food for flamingosandean flamingoandes from the planeartesianal beersartesianal beersatacama salt flatbarrels in casillero del diablobarrels in casillero del diablocacti everywherecacticandles and offeringscejas lagooncejas lagoonceviche at astrid y gastonchilean beerchurch top and cloudsclams for lunchcliffcloud coverclouds on licancaburconcha y toro manor housecrossing the bridge to the parkdesert flowersdesert landscapedesert landscapedesert lighting stormdesert lightningdoor made of cactus wooddune hikingdune hikingdunes from the planeenjoying the salt waterenjoying the shade while lunch in preparedentering the valle de la lunesentering the valle de la muerteentrance and wine shop of concha y toroentrance to resorteric and pedroeric perusing the drink menueric photographing a flamingoeric surveying his surroundingsfloatingflowers in the desertflowers in the gorgefrenchy crepesgautin gatchi cactigautin gatchigorge near toconaograciasguanacos at the lagoonguanacoshiking trailin the sahdeintersection in san pedro de atacamalaguna chaxa salt flatslaguna chaxalarge dune in valle de la muertelarge salt flat from the planeleaving the gorgelighting in the desertlizardllamas in toconaolooking upmaipo rivermaipo valley landscapemaipo valley landscapeman grilling with beer sticker on a taximap on the wall of our resortmeiques lagoon panoramamiscanti lagoon panoramamonkey puzzle treemountain viewnear the salt flatsnew and viejaon the road againone of my favoritesour favorite wines at the resortour first view of saltour footprintsour footprintsour plane sky airlinesour room the one on the leftpedro our dog for the daypeeking flowerpisco sour tierra atacamapool at the bottomposing in front of miscanti lagoonred peaks in valle de la muerteredriesling vines in the varietal gardenroad to valle de la lunasalt flats from abovesalt flatssalt formationssalt in valle de la lunasaltsalty landscapesalty shorelinesalty shorelinesantiago from the planesantiago from the planesantiago panoramasantiagosantiagosantuario de la inmaculada concepcinscrubbysculpture park man sittingsculpture parksculpture parksculpturesmall church in socairesmoked salmon and avocado appetizerso much saltsocairestreet grafitti along pio nonosunset from lobbysunset from our back porchsunset from our porchsunsettaking the more direct route to the topthe start of the two hour hikethe walk to our room at the resortthree mariastierra atacama our resorttierra atacamatrellistwo types of rockus in the atacama desertus in the valle de la lunesvalle de la lunavalle de la lunesvalle de la muerteview from our afternoon reading spotview from the topview of licancabur from the hotelview of the maipo canyonvirgin mary and palm treesvolcano viewvolcanoswalking back to the carwalkwaywaterfallwaterfallwindowseat