An anchor with the sea in the background at Pablo Neruda´s house in Isla Negra

Greetings from a Long Thin Country

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April 21st 2007
Hola desde Chile mi amigos! OK - I know it's only a bit of Spanish - but it's a start!! This is a wonderful part of the world full of the friendliest people you could meet anywhere. I'm into my third week here now and I'm loving it. The flight from Auckland to Santiago was a bit of a nightmare though. No emergency exit or aisle seats for yours truly, so it was an eleven hour flight stuck ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Puerto Natales

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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