THE ANDES AND SANTIAGO

A Month in Chile

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January 2nd 2008
Hi everyone, as usual we have dropped off the face of the earth for way to long. We spent the month of January living in Santiago, the capital city of Chile with about 6 million other people. We got pretty lucky and managed to arrange an apartment in Providencia, one of the nicest Barrio's (suburb). Sharing with an American, a Chilean and occassionaly with another Canadian couple. In a city t ... 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