Bavarian church in Puerto Varas

Chile's Lake District

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November 12th 2012
We flew south from Santiago to Chile's Lake District, being a distance of 1000km. Our destination was Puerto Varas on Lake Llanquihue, which is the third largest natural lake in South America. It is spring time in Chile and the Lake District is lush and green. They tell us that it normally rains on average 250 days a year. All the spring flowers one sees in the UK are to be seen here and i ... read more

South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Termas El Amarillo

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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