Breakfast in the Hotel

Day 6: Still Alive

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September 2nd 2007
I made it, I’m surviving, and I love it. The only problem to report is I’m surrounded by people speaking Spanish, and I don’t. More on that in a second. I left for Chile on Tuesday morning, August 28th. The journey began with a trip to South Beach once my plane landed in Miami. My friend Matt and I spent the entirety of my layover on the sands of South Beach, swimming in the Atlantic. I wa ... read more

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso

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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