Vina Del Mar

Practising our Spanish in Viña Del Mar

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October 23rd 2008
Day 573 (22.10.08) The first question everyone asks you when they hear you´re going to South America is "How´s your Spanish?" and today we were about to find out. After getting packed up and doing a quick Spanish lesson from the iPod in the hostel courtyard we did what we haven´t done for quite a while and set off with our backpacks securely strapped to us. Having bought the van in Australia ... 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