The Long and Winding Road... / El Largo y Tortuoso camino...

...across the Andes ********* ... a través de los Andes

Surfing, Beach Volleyball and a 14m high Virgin / Surfing, Voleibol en la playa y una Virgen de 14m

February 2nd 2006
After the termite episode, and another practically sleepless night on an overnight bus, we arrived bright and early in Santiago de Chile. We decided to leave the sightseeing for a another day though and carried on to Valparaiso, a seaside town 75 miles away. Valparaiso was once a very important commercial town for business transactions with Europe and the USA in the 19th century ... read more

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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

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