on the road to Moreno

Patagonian flora and fauna

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March 30th 2007
We have had a lot of time on buses in Argentina and Chile, and I have had some time hiking around with a camera by myself. Here is a sampling. We never did get to Tierra del Fuego, and it is a tease to be so very close to the end of the world but not actually there. Still, the steppes of Patagonia, which I still maintain look like Montana, and the beech woodlans, which I think look like glaciated ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes

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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