Valparaiso

The West Coast

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April 28th 2006
Well I arrived in Santiago de Chile on April 10th and have been very busy for the last 3 weeks or so. If you pardon the pun, it seems to be a little more chilly here. Seems there is an air current on this side of the Andes from the south and is a lot drier than in Argentina. Santiago was amazing. Only around half the size of Buenos Aires (still 7 million people or so)and with a less european f ... 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