“It is always sad to leave a place to which one knows one will never return. Such are the melancolies du voyage: perhaps they are one of the most rewarding things about traveling.” – Gustave Flaubert Chile:  Interesting Facts I spent my last week in South America in a giant desert.   The driest in the world just so happens to be in Northern Chile.  The Atacama. Google it. I’ll start by addressing the obvious question.  Of all the places to visit in South America, why end my trip in the Atacama? I visited Santiago a few years ago and it was here that I learned about the geographically schizophrenic country of Chile. …