Plaza de Armes

Days 31-32, 6th - 7th November (Santiago)

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November 10th 2008
Thursday was a day of travelling. When I say a day I mean a day and a half as we went from 11hrs ahead to 3hrs behind. Needless to say we didnt sleep well that night and ended up watching rubbish on the TV most of the night ´cos we couldn´t sleep! On Friday we went for a wander around the city starting at the Plaza de Armes, treking up Cerro Santa Lucia (where we witnessed some riot with water ... 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