Chicas in Chile May 13th 2009 21st April-9th May 2009
After a eleven hour flight from Auckland we were pretty amazed by our first glimpse of Chile, you don't get much more of an impressive descent than flying through the Andes to then land in Santiago, Chile.
It was a bit of a culture shock to find it difficult to understand what was being said (after four months of most people understanding us!) and that nobody really und ... read more
South America » Chile 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