Santiago

Chile - Santiago and the colourful Valparaiso (24 - 27 October)

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November 14th 2012
After leaving El Calafate (and paying the $38 Argentina Pesos or $7.50 AUD departure tax!) we arrived in the familiar city that is Buenos Aries. This place was beginning to feel like home as this quick change of plane was our forth stop in the capital of Argentina. We had an hours wait here before we got our flight to Santiago. We arrived into the Chilean capital with some of the best (or worst ... read more

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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