Four Seasons in One Day

Pain in Paine

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March 10th 2006
Chile is right next door to Argentina, so we had to visit! The border crossing was interesting, just like you see in the movies. A tiny building in the middle nowhere containing a couple of heavily armed guards and a lot of paperwork. After one night in Puerto Natales, a one horse town just over the border, we headed out to Torres del Paine. All in all, we´ve spent five days in Torres del Paine N ... 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