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La Serena - Caldera

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November 27th 2008
In the end I spent 3 days in La Serena, mostly walking around the city and chilling out. The observatory tour was very interesting, looking at the moon, planets and star constellations through telescopes, and a presentation on how stars are formed. Though by the end we were all pretty frozen by the end, and the pisco served in the bus after was a welcome warmer! Friday was…. So as Friday was ... read more

South America » Chile » Coquimbo Region » La Serena

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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