Our Private Beach

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April 11th 2006
Well we have spent a few days here in Valpa now and it has been great, went to Pablo Nerudas house (Chilean poet and eccentric) which was pretty crazy, full of insane things like a merry go round horse and stuffed penguins! We also went on a day trip to a fishing village called Quintay which was great, walked through the forrest to a cove which was stunning but sadly it was a bit too cold for swi ... 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