The beach at Viña del Mar

A close encounter

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April 19th 2008
Day 195 - Wednesday 2 April Vina del Mar is only 15 mins away from Valparaiso but by the time we´d got up packed, had breakfast got there and found somewhere to stay it was already lunchtime. Theres a good beach here but unfortunately its cloudy, the first time its been cloudy since I arrived in Chile. Typical. However as the Arsenal v Liverpool champions league game was starting soon I wa ... read more

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Viña del Mar

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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