Santa Lucia

Santiago, city amidst the smog

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May 10th 2008
Day 194: Big City Life After a very leisurely (and filling) breakfast, I made my way back to Valparaiso bus station and caught the midday bus back to Santiago. An hour and a half of travelling across desert scenery followed (I stayed awake this time), before we pulled into an unfamiliar bus stop to the south of town. Fortunately, there was a metro nearby, and I steeled myself to brave the joys ... 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