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Motorsports, travel, and random photos from around the world. Rally driver, car #91 in ARA National L2WD. Life is too short to just sit around and wait.

A lone flamingo feeds in a small pool in a desert. All around are salt flats, white and dusty with a blue sky above.
Laguna Chaxa, Atacama, Chile
Jan 12, 2025

Salt Flat Flamingo

Visited the salt flats in the northern desert of Chile. Wild flamingos galore, apparently they feed on a form of shrimp that manages to live in these small bodies of water. The sun is so powerful here that I felt myself burning already - surreal that these birds just shrug it off.

An otherworldly photo, with mounds of dirt that raise like spikes. The dirt is red and looks like Mars.
Atacama Desert, Chile
Jan 12, 2025

Mars-esque

The “Valley of Death”, which apparently is similar in terrain to Mars. When we got here, we knew we had to try climbing the hills so we ditched the truck and gave it a go. I don’t know if I’ve been anywhere else on earth like this, stunning beauty especially with the way the shadows cast.

Waves in a small cove, with a small pier on the right. Expansive blue skies above with a few clouds.
Rapa Nui, Chile
Jan 08, 2025

Hangaroa

My wife has long wanted to visit here, and on our travels around South America we were able to find a way to fit it in. The small town that’s here on the island is quaint and functional - and perhaps most importantly, has a few fun bars. (We’ll get to the cultural stuff in a day, it’s been a long bit of traveling)

A closed up storefront that’s covered in street art of a mouse in a trenchcoat.
Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Jan 07, 2025

Mouse Street Art

The shadows and colors on this made me double back for a photo. I wish I knew the artist - what a cool style!