Santiago Cathedral

Santiago

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September 17th 2007
Tom and I met a gal from Whistler, Holly, when we got off the bus in Santigao. The three of us jumped into a taxi and headed to a hostel by the name of La Casa Roja. Really great hostel! Is huge, an old 1900's building. We were told by a drunken German that we had come to the wrong place to party for Independence Day in Chile. He said Santiago was not the spot to be and that we would find more par ... 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