One Canadian’s Impressions of Chile My wife and I made a five week visit to Chile during the months of February and March 2005. It was my first visit, and it took place at the end of Chile's summer just before Autumn was to begin. Natural Features: We travelled by car from Vina del Mar as far south as the island of Chiloe. My wife and I found it to be a dry country at this time of year. In the drier areas, the hills are dotted with scrub or cactus. Where more rainfall occurs, the land is forested mainly with eucalyptus and secondarily with pine. The foliage of the Tasmanian blue gum when young catches the eye as the name implies. These trees are imported species. One can see the occasional large stump of trees
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