Geyser Reflections

Galloping on the Moon, Chile

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October 16th 2008
At 2pm we were having lunch in Auckland and riding the subway in Santiago. We suffered the consequences of jumping back in time (by 17 hours) and felt exhausted and wide awake at all the wrong times. It seems that there are few South American cities that are deemed a good place to start your travels on the continent, but Santiago is classed among them due to it being the capital of one of the ... read more

South America » Chile

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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