La Serena Fountain

Star Gazing in La Serena_Coquimbo, Chile

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February 10th 2009
La Serena was a fresh welcome!! After the dryest of dry deserts... returning to the coast was quite relieving. As soon as we got off the bus we immediately wanted coffee and to find a hostel. WELL.. no one told us that at 6am in the morning not one single person and I mean NOT ONE Soul could be found in the Plaza des Armas (main square) in La Serena!! Haha!! So we decided to head towards the be ... read more

South America » Chile » Coquimbo Region » La Serena

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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