Volcano and Lake Combo

Just like England but for the hot weather and volcanoes

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December 26th 2008
Running a bit behind with our blog entries since hitting NZ and Oz, but thought I better finish off the South American leg of the travels. Chile was awesome! We did struggle a bit with their take on Spanish, but were relieved when we met people who could speak Spanish fluently that said "oh yeah we can't understand what the people in Chile say either"..... apparently they use a lot of slang, wh ... read more

South America » Chile

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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