like at the nearby town of san pedro de atacama, which has expanded significantly over the last two decades due to tourism. ok, look at this there s a restaurant here, there s a tour operator over there. a cute little gift shop and a store selling hiking boots over there, buskers on the street, hotels with all their swimming pools. this is a town that just revolves around tourism. i can t imagine how much water that uses up. outside of the town, here in this hostile, barren desert, there isn t much that grows, but still, techniques passed down by the indigenous people allowed them to live here in harmony with nature. i wanted to catch up with rosa,
here in this hostile, barren desert, there isn t much that grows, but still, techniques passed down by the indigenous people allowed them to live here in harmony with nature. i wanted to catch up with rosa, the water bearer from last night s ceremony, to find out a little more about how their position in the modern world here is changing. rosa, how is it so green here? this is crazy! it s like magic, thanks to the water. the idea is we respect the cycle. in winter, the mother earth rest. some of the techniques here use ancient atacama methods like irrigation channels, which allow these plants to be watered sparingly, just once a month. the idea of this project teach to the world how important
in the background. it s after 4:00 in the morning. i might leave them to it. drums beat. singing. but a community rooted in tradition has been rubbing up against a world evolving at pace. like at the nearby town of san pedro de atacama, which has expanded significantly over the last two decades due to tourism. 0k, look at this. there s a restaurant here, there s a tour operator over there, cute little gift shop and a store selling hiking boots over there, buskers on the street, hotels with all of their swimming pools. this is a town thatjust revolves around tourism. i can t imagine how much water that uses up. outside of the town, here in this hostile, barren desert, there
i might leave them to it. but a community rooted in tradition has been rubbing up against a world evolving at pace. like at the nearby town of san pedro de atacama, which has expanded significantly over the last two decades due to tourism. 0k, look at this. there s a restaurant here, there s a tour operator over there. cute little gift shop and a store selling hiking boots over there, buskers on the street, hotels with all their swimming pools. this is a town thatjust revolves around tourism. i can t imagine how much water that uses up. outside of the town, here in this hostile, barren desert, there isn t much that grows, but still, techniques passed
as a tour operator over there. cute little gift shop and a store selling hiking boots over there, buskers on the street, hotels with all their swimming pools. this is a town thatjust revolves around tourism. i can t imagine how much water that uses up. outside of the town, here in this hostile, barren desert, there isn t much that grows, but still, techniques passed down by the indigenous people allowed them to live here in harmony with nature. i wanted to catch up with rosa, the water bearer from last night s ceremony, to find out a little more about their position in the modern world here is changing. rosa, how is it so green here? this is crazy. it s like magic, hanks to the water. the idea is we respect the cycle, the winter, the mother earth rest. some of the techniques here use ancient atacama methods