Crossing the border from Argentina to Chile

PUCON

---

February 6th 2010
The drive from San Martin to Pucon was stunning, through a national park filled with some wonderful native pine trees and with a backdrop of huge volcano. Pucon itself was hugely disappointing. Apparently it's a "love it or hate it" type of place (one guess which category we fall into). It had passed it's heyday and was shabby and completely overrun by tourists. We had trouble finding somewh ... read more

South America » Chile

---

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