La Serena Sunset

Star Gazing & The Worlds Driest Desert

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April 1st 2009
After the joys of Easter Island we resumed our march North towards Bolivia. Easter Island was a spur of the moment trip, but it gave us the opportunity to head up through Northern Chile something we weren´t planning to do. Firt stop from Santiago was La Serena, a beach resort about 7 hours north of the Chilean capital. Its the second oldest town in Chile (we haven´t worked out what the oldest ... read more

South America » Chile » Atacama

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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