The Man

Stalked in Santiago....

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February 23rd 2007
After the intially daunting experience of arriving in Santiago with no Spanish and no real idea of the value of the Chilean peso, I spent the next five days there to find my feet and build up my resistance to being fleeced - I would have been a very soft target that first night. Without going into too much detail, I found Santiago pleasant enough for a few days, and a good safe place for a gre ... read more

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more