"Via Paine"

The Invisible Torres Del Paine

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December 22nd 2006
We arrived in Puerto Natales, Chile on the 18th realizing a bus leaves to Torres Del Paine (another place tied with 2,000 others as the ¨8th Wonder of the World¨) only 30 minutes later. We made the decision to rush and make the bus, which was a difficult decision knowing whatever was in our packs at the time we boarded would be all we would have access to for the next 4-5 days. So we bought nood ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Torres del Paine

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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