Andes

30 hours on a bus

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March 12th 2008
I arrived in Santiago de Chile at 4:30 this morning after spending 30 hours on a bus from Arica, Chile. Before that, it was 6 hours on a bus from Arequipa, Peru to Tacna, Peru, and then an hour in a taxi crossing the border and going through customs from Tacna to Arica. Basically, I spent almost 48 straight hours traveling. The trip was entirely desert as well. I've never in my life seen so mu ... read more

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago

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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