Mountain from view point

Santiago

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June 21st 2008
Well you´re in for a treat I´ve been hard at work for the last two days in numerous internet cafe´s creating new blogs. Santiago is the first city I visited in South America after departing New Zealand on 17th June. That day was the longest in history lasting approximately 36 hours! I left Auckland at 5pm after spending a full day wondering around and ended up in Santiago at 1.00pm the same d ... 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