Ciudad de Santiago

culture shock KAZAM!

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November 29th 2005
Que pasa dIARY! i´ve arrived in Santiago! yeeeaaarrhh, The travel excitement FINALLY hit me when i was looking out the window of the plane, waiting to see the first sight of this huge continent that i will call home for the next year.(see photo, i was reeeeaaaalllly excited right then ;·) Hit the airport and managed to spit some spanish at the hoards of taxi/shuttle/bus drivers all vying ... 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