Machuca is a small village up in the mountain. It consists of a couple of houses for the 19 of its inhabitants, a church, some tourist shops, and a radio tower for mobile cell phones overlooking the village from a nearby slope. Except for its size and its elevation, I did not find the village really remarkable.
Machuca: Village
Machuca: Iglesa de Machuca on Hill
Machuca: Entrance to the Compound of Iglesa de Machuca
Machuca: Iglesa de Machuca
Machuca: Interior of Iglesa de Machuca
Machuca: View from Iglesa de Machuca down to Village
Rio Grande
The satellite pictures resemble those of the Nile: Patches of green around the river, and a distinct line beyond which the desert begins abruptly.
Rio Grande: Patch of Green surrounded by Desert
Rio Grande: River with Flamingos near the Village Machuca
Rio Grande: Flamingo filtering Water for Food
Rio Grande: View into the Atacama Desert
Rio Grance: Lamas
Rio Grande: Lamas
Rio Grande: Desert
Rio Grande: Snow Topped Volcano seen from the River
