Cerro Santa Lucia

Chile - Santiago

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December 8th 2005
The plane flight from Buenos Aires had as flying across the Andes, the 2nd highest mountain range in the world, which looked pretty spectacular from the air. I had orginally planned for a few more days in Chile than I ended up having. So I basically just stayed in Santiago. In an area called Barrio Bellavista, which is a pretty trendy area of Santiago and it was a trendy hostel, with like-minded s ... 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