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Road to Chile border

Santiago Chile (3 Days)

May 7th 2014
Days 76-78 Our final long bus ride (8 hrs) was spectacular, crossing the Andes by the Paso Los libertadores, a mountain pass between Argentina & Chile & on to the capital, Santiago. From the Argentine side the route is a slow, gentle incline until entering a tunnel at 3200 mtrs while on the Chilean side the slope has a far steeper grade descending down 28 hairpin curves over 7 km's. The path can b ... read more
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Chilean Flag 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
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