The peak, La Campana

Scallops and champagne............

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January 7th 2009
So, off to southern Bolivia we went, continuing our high altitude life by not dropping down below 3000m or so. By now we are used to being breathless without any excitement at all!! The morning passed rather uneventfully, trucking our way through a dry, dusty landscape punctuated by the occaisional mountain peak of 5000m or more, usually snow/ice capped, all under a clear blue sky. We stopped for ... 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