San Pedro de Atacama

November 20th 2006
Crossing the boarder from Bolivia into Chile was one of the most thorough and official border crossing experienced in South America. Driving into the Atacama desert, north of Chile, officials stripped searched all buses, cars, trucks etc. All passengers needed to off load their backpacks and unzip all pockets for thorough manual screening. Instead of being questioned for food or drugs it went more ... read more

South America » Chile » Araucanía » Villarrica Volcano

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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Nadia Sammartino

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Feb 2002 moved to London, England. After 5 years of living in the wonderful concrete jungle city of London, l’ve decided home is where the heart is and return to family and friends in Melbourne BUT, not before spending two months discovering a magnificently cultured continent like South America. High mountains, lost cities, wild rainforests and if the language alone doesn’t make you melt inside, sexy Latino music and samba dancers will send you into exhilaration! Here is my travel journal (a little late l know but better late than never eh!) l will keep it updated throughout my j... full info

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