Sports ground, Strait of Magallan & Tierra del Fuego

Punta Arenas - it's cold!

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March 31st 2011
City tour today. The German from the hostel (which is together with me the only guest at the moment) and I went first to one of the miradores of the city, from where we had a great view over the city, the Strait of Magallan (yeah, I found out how it's called in English!) and Tierra del Fuego. The weather is beautiful, but quite cold (about 6-8 degrees) and - again - Patagonian wind. After buying m ... 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