View from the Mihinoa campsite in Easter Island

Goodbye to South America

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December 19th 2008
So we rearranged the flights and departed Patagonia arriving in Santiago for a stay of around 1 week. The intention was to chill out around the city and meet up with our friend Sandra, who was on a whistlestop tour of chile. We stayed at a cool laid back hostel close to the city centre called the Eco Hostel and did a little shopping etc. I (Jim) had another hair cut, not as interesting as the Equa ... 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