Santiago

One week in Chile

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June 25th 2011
After a 12 hour flight from New Zealand we arrived in Santiago, Chile, for the next leg of our journey. After no sleep on the plane, and having arrived 3 hours before we even left on the same day (due to time going back), we both zonked out and ended up sleeping for 8 hours. Unfortunately when we woke up it was only 9pm, so after stupidly sleeping during the day we then both got no sleep that nigh ... read more

South America » Chile

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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