Almost Hollywood

Escape from Cochrane

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March 19th 2009
It´s been a couple of weeks since the last update so we´re backtracking a bit here. Going back a couple of Thursdays: THE PLAN: Get this bus (Friday morning) a few hours south to Villa O Higgins and do a couple of days trek over the border into Argentina and the small town of El Chalten and do a few days trekking around there as it is supposed to be really nice. After that, we would go to El C ... read more

South America » Chile » Aisén » Carretera Austral

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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