La Serena

Pachamama by bus - part I

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January 28th 2006
In Santiago we booked a six day bus tour to northern Chile. The tour, called Pachamama by bus (Pachamama is an Inka word meaning mother earth), would take us to San Pedro, visiting the most interesting places on the way. On the first day we drove to La Serena, a beach city some 500 km north from Santiago. Not much to see on the way except the Panamerican highway. Driving in a comfortable minib ... 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