Chile

El Calafate to Torres del Paine

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February 25th 2011
Long travel day from El Calafate -> Dorotea -> Chilean border crossing. It would have been pretty routine had it not been for some guy trying to cross the border with fruits and vegetables. I heard that he had declared them and ate a whole bag of 3 apples, 2 bananas in front of the border guards but he failed to declare more vegetable in his backpack which held up the entire bus. We then ... 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