Santa Lucia park

Mendoza and Chile

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March 23rd 2006
Mendoza, Argentina (the west coast) and Chile (Santiago and Vina Del Mar) March 6-13 Mendoza, the developing younger cousin of Bordeaux and Napa, has led Argentina in the charge to become one of the world´s largest exporters of wine. Early on Monday the 6th a few of us headed west to Mendoza to test the Argentinian methods for making wine. Mendoza is a surprisingly large (1+ million people) ... read more

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Viña del Mar

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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