And more smog!

Santiago - wine, football and smog!

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February 4th 2007
We never intended staying for almost a week in Santiago but our hostel was so nice that we couldn't bear to leave. The weather has been perfect (hot and sunny) but Santiago suffers from a terrible smog problem. If this is the good time of year, we cannot begin to imagine what it is like in the winter. So, what have we done? Well, we've looked around the historical buildings and eaten fish at th ... 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