Egg and Chips

Day 17 - Chips and Something

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April 8th 2010
After a 12 hour sleep we retrieved our breakfast ingredients from the bin bag hanging in the tree (to keep the mice away!) Unfortunately rations were low - a few dry Cheerios and a stale piece of bread with minimal jam (I had to shove my bread in the jar to get any jam on it at all). But we didn’t mind, because today was an easy day - 4 hours downhill to a site with a hotel and refugio where we ... 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