Police in Valparaiso

VALPARAISO & VINA DEL MAR

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February 8th 2010
We survived the overnight bus trip and arrived on the Chilean coast early in the morning. The plan was to get off the bus at Valparaiso, where we had booked a hostel, but we were a bit dozey and actually ended up getting off the bus in Vina del Mar instead. So we made the most of our error, put our backpacks in storage and headed out to explore Vina del Mar. First stop was breakfast by th ... read more

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region

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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