Bariloche

The Real Patagonia

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November 30th 2006
I guess this is why I decided to do this trip. Patagonia has been calling me for a while and it really is a most amazing place. It covers the southern parts of Argentina and Chile, from the Andes Mountains to the west and south and plateaus and low plains to the east. It is roughly the sector below 39°S but this varies as you travel between Chile and Argentina (which we've done several times - ac ... read more

South America » Chile

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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