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April 4th 2006
Day 19: We´re up by around 10am after a good sleep so, following a light breakfast, we head out to explore. We know pretty much nothing about Valdivia but after walking through the busy town centre we find a fish market, in fact you could smell it well before you turned the corner. Dozens of stalls are selling massive stacks of muscles, four feet long fish etc under a yellow canope by the river ... read more

South America » Chile » Los Ríos » Valdivia

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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