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Lounging around in Santiago

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November 24th 2007
We flew from the Galapogas Islands to Quito (the capital of Ecuador) where we did very little but eat and drink for 2 days whilst waiting for a further flight to Santiago (the capital of Chile if anyone is struggling with world geography). We then spent 5 days in Santiago whilst we waited for our Brazilian visas to be processed... a fairly straightforward process (surprisingly). Rather tha ... 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