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Background: 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 independence in 1810, decisive victory over the Spanish was not achieved until 1818. In the War of the Pacific (1879-84), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia and won its present northern lands. A three-year-old Marxist government of Salvador Allende was overthrown in 1973 by a dictatorial military regime led by Augusto Pinochet, who ruled until a freely elected president was installed in 1990. Sound economic policies, maintained consistently since the 1980s, have contributed to steady growth and have helped secure the country's commitment to democratic and representative government. Chile has increasingly assumed regional and international leadership roles befitting its status as a stable, democratic nation.




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We celebrated Halloween in Santiago, a big party that was a lot of fun. The next day some friends and I took a bus to Valparaiso for the night, a beachtown about an hour and a half way from Santiago. It´s a really cute place, famous for it´s hills that are covered in multicolored houses overlooking the ocean. We went for a jazz show, ate Chorialla (a mountain of french fries topped with beef, egg and onions, it´s ah-mazing!) then danced it off until 5am! [View Full Entry]

Wac - McKenzie Muscat | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 7th 2009 | 21 Views | [diary=451448]

Valparaiso
Friends
Gatos

... inSan Pedro de Atacama war es nicht wesentlich kuehler, so das wir unsere koerperlichen Aktivitaeten auf ein Minimum beschraenkt hielten. Es ist eine der heissesten Wuesten der Erde und man wurde recht haufig darauf hingewiesen sparsam mit dem Wasser umzugehen... duschen 3 min... das ist quasi unmoeglich mit Beine rasieren... Am ersten tag haben wir uns die kleine Stadt angeschaut, was ich wuerde sagen 30min in Anspruch genommen hat.Es gab eine Hauptstrasse, man kam sich ein bissi vor wie im wilden Westen...alles staubig und [View Full Entry]

DeanAndDiana - Das Don Furby | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 12th 2009 | 55 Views | [diary=450995]

Valle de la Luna
Valle de la Luna
Valle de la Luna

By hkwoody
November 4th 2009
Pucon - Putain South America » Chile » Araucanía » Pucón
We came to Pucon to hike to the summit of Volcan Villarica and left 3 days later having not done that, or very much else. Once again the weather closed us down - bugger, bugger, bugger. We had nothing but low cloud, rain, fog, wind and even a few flurries of snow. In the same hostel were a group of French guys who'd been waiting a few days for a break in the weather that never came, but in Puerto Varas we met an American couple who'd done it without any waiting, just the luck of the draw. Pucon is a [View Full Entry]

hkwoody - Martin Woodford | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 12th 2009 | 31 Views | [diary=452632]


So, Its been 3 weeks, or so since I was in Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, but I finally have time to write about it. Viña is nice and modern, with big buildings right on the coast. There's a Starbucks, one of the few outside Santiago, and the oldest casino in Chile. Viña is one of the biggest music scenes in Latin America, and most major performers in the spanish speaking world played there before hitting it big, because of this there are a lot of great concerts. I only ate lunch on the beach, before heading to Valparaíso, which is [View Full Entry]

Pancake Panqueque - Nicholas Myers | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 4th 2009 | 55 Views | [diary=450585]

Valparaíso
Valparaíso
The Chilean Navy

From Castro we took a bus directly to Peurto Varas, skipping Puerto Montt which is an unattractive place with little to see or do. Happily the weather was being kind to us again, when we arrived it was cold but clear and dry, we can live with that. Like all of the lakes and rivers in this part of the world the water here is beautifully clear and clean, but very cold - although amazingly we did see people paddling and even swimming one day !! they're a lot braver than me. The view across the lake to the perfect cone [View Full Entry]

hkwoody - Martin Woodford | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 12th 2009 | 46 Views | [diary=452536]

Saltos Petrohue
Saltos Petrohue
Saltos Petrohue

Well the Atacama has proved a bit of a disappointment. The trips seem a bit lightweight based around lacklustre ruins that have been reconstructed, and the scenery is just much less spectacular than Bolivia. Lagoons with half a dozen flamingos and a thousand tourists, while in Bolivia (oops sorry the Pluricultural Republic of Bolivia) there were four of us looking at a thousand flamingos. They point out a few vicuña (smallest of the llama family, wild and rather deer like) but we saw big flocks of them - you know where! It feels like they are trying to create a tourist [View Full Entry]

Ian RP - Ian Reed-Peck | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 2nd 2009 | 58 Views | [diary=450301]

Stone village in ruins
Rocks
The moon valley

Hello my loves, Well last time I wrote we were in Peru I believe, since then we have done Bolivia and moved on to Chile!!! Of course it is no longer called Bolivia but The Pluricultural Republic of Bolivia - don't it just trip off the tongue? - whoever came up with it really should consider a career in advertising! Although we went to La Paz, we didn't get to see any of it. We were exhausted having travelled all day and had to be up at 5.30 to set off to Oruro. We did this part of the trip by [View Full Entry]

Ian RP - Ian Reed-Peck | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 2nd 2009 | 66 Views | [diary=449775]

Salt Hotel
Salt Flats
The support team for Allie

My plan for the last day was to go to the zoo with Hayley, Lindsay and Jess A. I got up, showered and went to eat breakfast. We were running a little behind schedule from when we wanted to leave but that was alright. We were supposed to check out of our rooms before noon so we packed up our things and took them to Profe Triana´s room. I went up to the breakfast area to get her key from her to put them in her room. I told her we were going to the zoo and she asked if she [View Full Entry]

hundtc - hundtc | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 10th 2009 | 17 Views | [diary=449304]

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Matkan viimeiset päivät Santiago ja Valparaiso Niinhän siinä käy, että kaikki hauska loppuu aikanaan, niin myös meidän Etelä-Amerikan tourneemme. Viimeisiä hetkiä tässä vietetään ja onkin aika myös lopetella tämän blogin kirjoittelua. Olemme nyt olleet kumpikin Santiagossa viime sunnuntai-illasta lähtien ja aika on kulunut kaupunkiin tutustumalla sekä ympäristön nähtävyyksiä kiertelemällä. Sunnuntaina illalla kävimme tapaamassa Tintin paikallisia ystäviä illallisella heidän kotonaan. Virallinen ohjelma alkoi maanantaina kun teimme ihan perinteisen kaupunkikierroksen Santiagon k [View Full Entry]

Ikiliikkujat - A3 tour de South Americas - Soile&Tintti | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 30th 2009 | 66 Views | [diary=449312]

Näkymä Santiagoon San Christobalilta
Portillo
Ranta El Tabossa

At last it's stopped raining and snowing !!!!! Esquel, Futaleufu, Bariloche and the first day on Chiloe were all washed or snowed out - I guess it comes with the territory and explains why it's so green. Chiloe is the island we were trying to get to when we had to turn back from Futaleufu, glad to say the road journey from Bariloche is easier and still includes a short ferry crossing. Chiloe reminds me of Devon or Ireland, rolling green hills, bays and inlets, grazing cows and sheep. It became really beautiful when the sun eventually came out - and [View Full Entry]

hkwoody - Martin Woodford | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 12th 2009 | 39 Views | [diary=449567]

Palafitos
Castro
Beach