Nearly across the channel

Punta Arenas, Chile

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April 19th 2012
“BLING BLING”, groan, “BLING BLING”, another groan from Leigh. Yes, a 4:00am alarm to be at the bus station at 5:00am. We taxied down the hill and on the way we passed the French family of four that had stayed in the cabins at the back of our B & B. They were walking in the rain with the girls in tow, five and two and a half years old. Hmmm ... I thought better them than me!! Still very d ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Punta Arenas

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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