Virgin Mary

Large statue of the Virgin Mary at top of furnicular ride in Santiago.

December 31st 2007
Santaigo-Lima My hotel is in the old quarter of Santiago, near the centre of the town. It has cobblestone streets and lmited traffic. I thought there would be a lot of small restaurants in this type of area, wrong again. Santiago is divided quite sharply into areas that offer different services. It was late afternoon so I went for a walk through the commercial centre. There are 2 lo ... 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

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Michael Thomsen

Thommo54

Australian male, 55 yrs old, semi-experienced solo traveller. Places I've been: Most of Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Egypt, Jordan, Greece, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malayasia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Antarctica (Peninsular), Paraguay. The blog is primarily about 2 South American trips, one from December 07 to March 08, and the other from November 08 to March 09. Between the 2 trips I learnt a fair bit of Spanish and then studied for 5 weeks solid in Buenos Aires to enable me to travel as I do. A few of the entries are n... full info

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