Valdivia

CHILE! Valdivia

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April 16th 2007
Finally arrived in Valdivia, Chile after a gruelling 9 hour bus journey - a 6 hour ride with 1 hour spent waiting for services to clear the narrow road following an accident and another 2 hours at the Chilean border! And worse was still to come.... As not only was it nearly midnight and pouring with rain but we realised that we had forgotten to obtain some Chilean currency. So, after plan B, C ... read more

South America » Chile » Los Ríos » Valdivia

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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