Ushuaia, Argentina

Peaceful Southern Chile

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February 8th 2010
January 30 to February 6, 2010 What a difference a week makes. I returned to ship from the “Machu Picchu Experience “ and woke Saturday morning cruising the Chilean coast en route to the Lake District and Chilean fjords. This part of the World is abundant in European influence…quite logical when one remembers that before the Panama Canal opened, this was the shipping lane for goods and p ... read more

South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Puerto Montt

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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