White sand and sun, yay!

Over the Andes and to Easter Island

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January 2nd 2009
Well, it´s the 2nd January and I´m lazying around Punta Arenas so maybe I should update this, shouldn´t I? I finished with Mendoza, the most chilled out part of the trip. On we went over the Andes mountains into Chile. The journey was quite amazing, going in this very old, half broken bus at breakneck speeds accross winding roads and altitudes going up to 4000 meters. The bus driver was insane ... read more

South America » Chile » Easter Island

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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