Rainbow

From the South to Northern Chile

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January 18th 2008
Went on the ferry from Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt, taking four days, through the fjords and channals of the Chillian coast. Then spent 2 nights in Valdivia where we went to the fish and veggie markets and bought Conger Eel for dinner and saw huge seals eating the scrap food. We then walked to the botanical gardens at the university. The guy working at the small hostel tried to teach us the pia ... 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