Chile
An introducion to the mysteries of Easter Island. An introduction to the many strange aspects of this isolated Pacific island. (djr)
http://mysteriousplaces.com/Easter_Island/html/sites.html
The Atacama desert, one of the driest places on earth and thus a perfect site to test a NASA space vehicle before sending it to the moon. Many photos. (djr)
www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/lri-13/www/atacama-trek/
San Pedro de Atacama, recognized as the archaeological capital of northern Chile. Texts generally in Spanish (djr)
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/8599/
San Pedro. Text is in Spanish but with excellent video clips and regional music as well as good descriptions of history of the town and region (djr)
http://www.sanpedroatacama.com/
http://www.gochile.cl/html/SanPedro/SanPedro.asp
Northern Chile region. Good interactive map and details of various aspects of the region of the desert and altiplanofrom nitrates to condors (djr)
http://www.visit-chile.org/norte/norte.phtml
Galapagos Islands. Three introductions to the incredibly diverse fauna and flora of these isolated islands made famous by the visit of Charles Darwin. (djr)
http://www.galapagos.org/
http://www.rit.edu/~rhrsbi/GalapagosPages/AboutGalapagos.html
http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/GalapagosWWW/GalapagosMap.html
Antofagasta. Good descriptions, with old photos and excellent maps, of the nitrate fields and camps that abound in the region. Text in Spanish.
http://www.albumdesierto.cl/mapa2.htm