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Here Michelle is drinking some Mate - a very popular drink in Argentina and some parts of Chile. Mate is like a strong tea and is also the name for sharing the drink with friends and family.

Cochamo and Cochelo - A Horse Trek in the Andes

March 14th 2009
A family friend with Chilean contacts arranged for us to meet his friend in the small village of Cochamo. His instructions were: "go to centre of town near church and ask for Cochelo. Everybody know him". We realized we were heading into a pretty rural area so we thought it would be funny to see if it all worked out as the directions said they would! Arriving in Petrohue we had a taxi driver pi ... 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

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