View of hill in Valpo

A lot learned, and a lot to learn

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March 2nd 2013
Well, I have sucessfully made it to Viña Del Mar! My group and I spent last weekend in Santiago and on Sunday we took a bus ride of only about an hour and a half to Valparaíso, the city adjoining Viña del Mar. That day I met my first host family. They were very nice, but it became clear early on that it was not going to work out. Thankfully, the university I will be attending (which is also in ... read more

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Viña del Mar

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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