Valparaiso

Valparaiso

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July 21st 2008
Day two in Chile we took the bus to Valparaiso on the coast. First we took the very efficient metro to the bus station where we sort of took the wrong exit and I may have jumped over a ticket barrier. We left Santiago in fine weather and arrived in Valparaiso to find it covered in a lovely Scottish harr. Not the best weather to appreciate the pretty coastal town in. We wandered along the m ... 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