Santiago Plaza de Armas

La Serena & Santiago

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December 30th 2011
(Short but sweet this one!) After a 19hr bus journey La Serena finally came into sight at 5am. Finally I was back down at sea level and could actually see the sea!! After catching up on some sleep, that afternoon I had a walk around town. Very different to what I had been experiencing since Lima. It was a metropolitan city. Glass office blocks, pedestrianised streets with department stores ... read more

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago

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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