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1 y 2. S�� Pe�ro
�e At�c��� e� ��
p�eblito tr��icio��l,
ro�e��o �e �o��
t���� y volc��e�. /
San Pedro de Ata-
cama is a traditional
village, surrounded
by mountains and
volcanoes
3. E� el ú�ico l�g�r
e� el ����o �o��e
�e e�c�e�tr�� re�to�
fó�ile� y geológico�
�e lo� tre� perio�o�.
/
Is the only place
in the world where
fossil remains from
three different
geological periods
are found
C����o el �ol ��rge p�r� �l��br�r lo� cerro�, ��
color ���r��j��o �eli�it� l�� col����� �e v�por, l��
�il�et�� �e l�� per�o��� p�rece� b�il�r �e�tro �e e��
exh�l�ció�. El peq�eño v�lle e�c�pe el h��o �e lo�
río� ��bterrá�eo� q�e e�c�e�tr�� el ��g��.
B�j���o �e ��evo h�ci� S�� Pe�ro, e�co�tr��o�
vic�ñ��, p�to�, el peq�eño p�eblo �e ��ch�c� y
c��i���o� por �� c�ñó� �o��e corre �� torre�te,
crece� lo� l�rgo� c�ct�� e� for��� retorci��� y ter�i�
���o� por vi�it�r otro� petroglifo� �á� recie�te�.
El últi�o �í� �o� llevó � recorrer � biciclet� el V��
lle �e P�k�r� �e Q�itor, c�y�� r�i��� vigil�� l� e�tr��
�� �el �e�fil��ero, te�tigo� �el p����o Ti�h����co e
i�c�, ��te� �e l� lleg��� �e lo� e�p�ñole�. De�tro �e
e�e e�pect�c�l�r p�i��je �e �o�t�ñ�� roji��� l�br��
��� por l� ero�ió�, �eg�i�o� el río, lo cr����o� c��
�i����o �e�c�l�o� h��t� lleg�r � l� igle�i� �el p�eblo,
�i�l��� e� �e�io �el v�lle.
E� l� t�r�e vi�it��o� l�� L�g���� �e Tebi�q�i��
che, �o��e l� gr�� co�ce�tr�ció� �e ��l per�ite flot�r
�i� e�f�er�o y l� ge�te lo go��, e�co�tr���o �g���
�á� c�lie�te� e� �lg���� p�rte� gr�ci�� � ��o� ���
���ti�le� prof���o�.
When the sun comes up to light up the hills,
its orange color encloses the steam columns, the
people´
s silouhetes appear tobedancingwithin that
exhalation. The small valley spits the smoke of the
underground rivers that are found in the magma.
Coming down toward San Pedro, we find alpac-
as, ducks, the small town of Machuca and we walk
through a canyon where a torrent runs, long cac-
tus in twisted shapes grow and we end up visiting
newer petroglyphes.
The last day we went on a bicycle ride through
the Pukara de Quitor Valley, whose ruins watch the
ravine entrance, witnesses of the past Tiahuanaco
and inca, before the spanish arrived. Within this
spectacular landscape of reddishmountains carved
by the erosion, we follow the rived, cross it barefoot,
till we get to the town´
s church, isolated in the mid-
dle of the valley.
In the aftertoon we visit the Tebinquinche
lagoons where the great concentration of salt
allows to float effortlessly and people enjoy it,
finding warmer waters in some parts thanks to
deep spring waters.
