Hollywood Video Club – Antofagasta, Chile

This picture has been taken in Antofagasta. This city is located on the Pacific ocean coast in the middle of the Atacama desert. It is the second biggest city in Chile and is the one generating most of the country revenues with its mining activities. Atacama desert which surround the town is rich in all type of mineral resources including coper (Chile is the first producer in the world), silver, lithium (to make electronic batteries)… Antofagasta is the major port of the area from where the mineral are shipped everywhere in the world. It is a rich city full of people working for international mining company. They usually work hard and by shift, earning good money. The shops and the many bars attest from the high concentration of men aorund often living far from their family