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Pachamama Day 8 & 9
Leaving the Pan de Azucar National park we spent pretty much the whole day driving until we reach Vicuña, where we settled in for 2 nights in a gorgeous little hostel. We were hoping to visit the observatory in this town - however it was too cloudy to see anything, so our fingers were crossed for the next night. The next day we went for a quick drive to visit a Pisco distillery - Pisco is the local spirit (brandy/whiskey like) ...
Vicuña
... cour d'introduction à l'astrologie en español, qui d'ailleurs a duré 30 minutes mais notre concentration malheureusement que 5, nous nous dirigeons ensuite vers un grand téléscope.
Nous aurons la chance d'y voir plusieurs étoiles dont Sirius. Grâce à notre Suerte de toujours le ciel est des plus dégagé qui soit et nous pouvons bien observer la Cruz del Sur, la voie lactée et ...
Into the clear skies of the Elqui Valley
... Also lucky to have no moon. We first observed the night sky with her pointing out constellations and other features with a laser pointer. The most impressive thing about the whole tour was the explanation of how the Southern Cross is used to determine true south - we did not know. We then went into the observatory. The telescope is digitally controlled and the dome and telescope rotate and focus on any given set of ...
Unintended Consequences and Borrowed Sentiments
... at any given moment (incidentally, I can spend the same amount of time observing a plate of foreign food); the resulting sensations from these observations are exclusively mine and none have been colored by anyone else's sensations. Then when I feel that I've observed enough and when I feel up to it, I can try to live life, at least for a little while, the way people live at that particular place without having any baggage from my normal life encroaching upon ...
Stars and Pisco
Vicuña is just an hour away from La Serena and is a quiet town full of bicycles, Pisco, observatories and cute boutiques. We made a good choice to stopover for the Mamalluca Observatory and Elqui Valley Pisco tasting at Capel.
The bus from La Serena to Vicuña with Valle de Elqui bus was only $3.60 and was on time with excellent service. On the way there were beautiful landscapes of the valleys and of uvas piscañas. Just before Vicuña is the large Puclaro Dam with ...
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