Cactus covered hillside

La Compagna National Park

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March 29th 2008
Our final trek before, very reluctantly, leaving Chile.This national park is right near where Dan lives - in fact where about 80% of Chile's population of 16 million live. The area was visited by Darwin where he climbed La Compagna Mountain and found fish fossils at the top setting him off on the path to the theory of evolution. We didn't follow his example. The ecology is very different here to ... read more

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Limache

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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