Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Chile Feb 6, 2013 At the airport in Antofagasta. You can get any pickup truck as long as it is red. Red seems to be the preferred color of the mining companies.
Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Chile Feb 6, 2013 In front of a museum in Antofagasta - a collection of stones, minerals and ores; what the mining is all about. Driving through the landscape today I had the impression that the Andes are presenting a nutritious mineral salad for resource hungry industries. - The Chilenos seem to know how to dig it out, but for the most part its exported.
Taltal, Chile Feb 6, 2013 Power outlet. - I slept in a basic hotel at the beach. The pacific was calm and the night was star-bright.