Ventanas from the House

First Days in Las Ventanas

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April 18th 2010
We left our hostel in Santiago at 6 am not knowing what we would find in Vina del Mar when we arrived. We knew our regional coordinator was supposed to meet us at the bus station but we had never seen or even talked to this Monica person. We arrived around 9 am and at first saw no one there to meet us. Just as we were getting nervous Monica arrived with besos for each of us. We were taken to a Min ... read more

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Horcon

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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