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Seldom visited by tourists, Isluga is along the route of our 5-day altiplano wildlife and culture tour. Because the park and its surroundings are somewhat lower than Lauca, the vegetation varies and there are some different birds. More crops are grown, one of which is the nutritious and amino-acid-balanced quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa), whose seeds are sold in health food stores in Europe and north America. |
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Isluga: llareta; Chilean
flamingos (note red "knees" and feet, salmon-colored plumage,
characteristic bill, Phoenicopterus chilensis); valleys that seem
like New Mexico until you
notice the camelids and realize that the elevation is 4,000 m. above sea
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Isluga is blessed with
remotely-located, picturesque churches. In the 3rd photo, the holes
in the wall were caused by Andean flickers. Isluga shares this
problem with Parinacota and other altiplano pueblos because the church
walls are soft and perfect for carving a nest. |
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