Valparaiso

Hello from Chile

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April 27th 2006
Well I arrived in Santiago de Chile on April 10th and have actually been having a very busy time. First I had to see the sights of Santiago which was a wonderful place. It is however a little colder on this side of the mountains. It was lucky that the day I went to the top of Cerro San Cristobal to see the statue of Mary they had markets going and I was able to find a perfect size souvenir t-s ... read more

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago

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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