Iceberg on Largo Grey - Torres del Paine National Park

It's Chile in Patagonia

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November 30th 2009
Leaving Valparaiso we took a long bus journey south to another port, Puerto Montt. From here we had a ferry booked, heading even further south, leaving in a few days time. Whilst there was nothing particularly wrong with Puerto Montt, it didn’t strike us as the sort of place worthy of several days of our time. Therefore, we took a short ferry journey across to the island of Chiloe. Chiloe is ... 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