Santiago disappears in smog

On the road on two wheels

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September 22nd 2006
After a week acclimatising to a different culture, climate and economic situation, we are finally, at last, on the road on our bikes. Santiago is a huge, flat sprawl. The smog is really bad at this time of year, and this meant that the only time we saw the Andes that are a famous backdrop to Chile´s capital was the day we arrived. We spent the week preparing our bikes for the road, buying suppl ... 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