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Testing the water  
   

Testing the water

Chile's coast is dominated by the Humbolt Current from the south (i.e. Antarctica).
April 9, 2011

April 9th 2011
KF: After our wonderful Road Scholar tour of the Andes and Amazon, we spent our last night in Peru in a sketchy dive of a hotel near the airport. It was cheap, which is why we had booked it on line several months ago. The choice of rooms was between stinky (mildew, stale cigarettes, foul drains, & organic waste) and noisy (facing a street with honking cars, screaming sirens, raucous bars, & loud ... read more
South America » Chile

Chilean Flag 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
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