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Chile, isn´t it?

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December 3rd 2007
First of all, I´m an IDIOT! You don´t just ´nip over´the Andes, cos they´re whoppers. So setting off at midday from Uspallata in the blithe confidence that after desert the mountains would be easy bit me in the proverbial. Needless to say, it was all uphill into the wind. Which was particularly pleasant in tunnels, which concentrated the wind into hurricanes. 8 hours and 67 km later, I l ... 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