The Stag

The Pingo trail

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December 4th 2009
My early morning bus ride took me from El Chalten back to El Calafate where I had a short stop before returning to Puerto Natales. The bus back into Chile was totally full and I was dreading what would happen when we hit the border, as previous experience from Bariloche to Pucon taught me it was a slow painful process. And guess what? It was a very slow, painful process. Whereas before we had pas ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Torres del Paine

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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