Los Cuernos at sunrise

Patagonia

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April 5th 2007
Now Team BenDan was out on their own in the big bad World. After a fairly gruelling 16 hours of travel on planes through Santiago we arrived in Punta Arenas, Chile. We received a typical Patagonian welcome with blustering winds and rain. After a couple of buses and about 3 hours we were north in Puerto Natales, wet and cold. We decided to stay at a place called Casa de Cecilia which was recomm ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Torres del Paine

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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