Cable car over Santiago

New Year in Santiago and Tahiti here we come!

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January 3rd 2006
We arrived in Santiago at about 8pm on the 30th December. We went to the hostel that we had previously stayed at expecting it to be getting full ready for the new year celebrations in the capital. However when we got to the hostel we found quite the oppoiste, it was much quieter than when we had previously stayed here. Speaking to people it sounds like many travellers in this part of the wo ... read more

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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