Torres del Paine (Chile)

El Calafate to Puerto Natales.....Torres del Paine!

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June 12th 2008
It only took us about 4 hours to get to El Calafate….getting us there around 9pm. We checked into a hostel and then gathered some dinner and snacks for the next day. We met some people at the hostel that had rented a car for the next day and had room for 1 person….we decided that for a 1 hour drive….we could sit on one another’s lap in the car in order to make a cheap drive. So….early th ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Torres del Paine

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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