Yes, There are Mountains back there

Santiago's Not So Buenos Aires

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April 4th 2010
As some of you know Santiago has very poor air quality. Poor is probably a little but too P.C. considering I couldn't breathe right for a week and a half when I first got here and still cannot exercise the way I would like. Some days are better than others as far as visibility goes but it's never really good. I climbed San Cristobal the other day with friends. It is a small mountain in the mid ... 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