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So, I\u2019ve recently figured out a lot about myself. For starters, I\u2019m a sucker for rice terraces, any kind of non-English pop music always sounds better to me for whatever reason, traditional dancing of any kind will mesmerize me, and\u00a0my newest personal\u00a0factoid: I dig weird landscapes.<\/p>\n

I recently found some amazing pictures of Chile\u2019s Atacama Desert<\/a> and, literally, an hour passed before I got back to what I originally came to do. First, I was roped in to the area by the Mano de Desierto<\/a> (Hand of the Desert), reminiscent of our friend and guest contributor, Hal’s recent “Top 10 WTF Statues” post<\/a>. 75 kilometers from the nearest city, this statue of a hand emerging from the ground looks like a bad result to the Jack and the Beanstalk story.<\/p>\n

Then it was pictures of the Valle de la Luna<\/a> which kept me bouncing around the photo blog. Even the name suggests its other-worldliness, \u201cValley of the Moon.\u201d I can\u2019t vouch for its moon-like authenticity, but\u00a0 it didn\u2019t look like it belonged anywhere on this planet. I half expected to see creatures from “Where The Wild Things Are”<\/a> in half the pictures.<\/p>\n

Looks like I need to fatten up my travel resume to Chile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, I\u2019ve recently figured out a lot about myself. For starters, I\u2019m a sucker for rice terraces, any kind of non-English pop music always sounds better to me for whatever reason, traditional dancing of any kind will mesmerize me, and\u00a0my newest personal\u00a0factoid: I dig weird landscapes. I recently found some amazing pictures of Chile\u2019s Atacama […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,2562,2577],"tags":[944,46,947,946],"yoast_head":"\n