Sea of Sheep in Tierra Del Fuego
It should be Tierra Del Obejas (The Land of Sheep) as we soon learned after visiting this Estancia on the island. We had never seen so many sheep. Over 5000 of them in total!
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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]
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] Blog: Team Chile Post 10- Past the end of the world
Date: August 11th 2007
Well, folks, we thought that Punta Arenas was the end of the world with it´s freezing temperatures, hurricane force winds and high prices on everything except alcohol (we heard... not from personal experience, of course), but we were treated to an expedition to work on a sheep farm on the island of Tierra del Fuego (The ¨Land of Fire¨) for the last few days and it made Punta Arenas look like Ne ... read more
Date: August 11th 2007
Well, folks, we thought that Punta Arenas was the end of the world with it´s freezing temperatures, hurricane force winds and high prices on everything except alcohol (we heard... not from personal experience, of course), but we were treated to an expedition to work on a sheep farm on the island of Tierra del Fuego (The ¨Land of Fire¨) for the last few days and it made Punta Arenas look like Ne ... read more
