We woke up on the bus this morning to a completely different scenery. The hills were still everywhere but they were desert. There was absolutely no sign of plant life, gone are the cactuses that were plentiful further south.
Our night bus journey brought us to a town called Antofagasta, the largest city in northern Chile.
The town itself is a copper mining town and was once part of Bolivia. It is coastal and the seaside is quite nice but the town is really not that attractive. We spent the afternoon in the ‘largest shopping mall in South America and relaxing in our hotel.
We went out and enjoyed sunset at La Portada, which means ‘the door’ in Spanish. La Portada is a natural rock formation approximately 15km from town.
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