Cable car across Rio Cochamo

Cochamó Part 1

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December 4th 2012
Lucas and Joe hurriedly drove off the ferry and reached ground in Puerto Montt. An 8 hour ride along the coast with no food made us overly delighted to see Morgan waiting at the gates of the harbor with a big box of Patagonian Donuts. We happily exchanged travel stories for the next couple of hours before we shifted towards our next goal; climbing in the valley of Cochamó. It is a sanctuary of be ... 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