Santa Cruz

A very long, narrow country ...........

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March 9th 2011
There were spectacular mountain views as we crossed the Andes. At first, the ascent was gradual but it became much steeper as we approached the final 4 km tunnel into Chile. From there, an extended series of hairpin bends descended into this very long (4,600 km) narrow country, penned in between the mountains and the Pacific. Our Trans-Andean bus had broken down a couple of times, so it was approa ... 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