Puerto Montt

Puerto Montt

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January 17th 2005
Puerto Montt is an important port city in the south of Chile. Although I didn´t take many photos here, I did catch the sun setting on Volcano Villarica. Puerto Montt is the hub for the exportation of the south of Chile´s contraversial salmon farming industry. Below is a discussion of the salmon farming industry by our neighbors from British Columbia. If you bought a salmon fillet in the superma ... read more

South America » Chile

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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