Prior to departing for South America I collected a set of GPS waypoints from prior overlanders.
They included service locations, fuel stops, points of interest and, most importantly, camp sites.
We like to find our own places, make our own discoveries and generally have our own adventure rather than follow exactly in others footsteps, but, when the sun is sinking and we need a safe, proven place to pull over for the night, the collection of waypoints has been invaluable.
Such was the case five days ago when we pulled into the little town of San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile.
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