Sights of Valpariso, Chile

Valparaiso

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May 13th 2009
So we arrived into Valparaiso after yet another overnight bus. We grabbed a taxi to our hotsel, which was up on the side of a hill. The town is made up loads of little hills surrounding a bay (some say like San Fran but I didn´t really see it... other than the hills). The houses are all colours of the rainbow and are built literaly on top of each other. We spent about 4 days here but didn´t get ... read more

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso

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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