A nice drop of Chilean red at 3,000 metres

Hot & Cold in Chile

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March 12th 2005
I´ve had the best experience of the trip so far and its only day 3. After an initial day spent taking in the sights in Santiago, we wanted to get out of the city and away from the thick smog that covers much of it. So, we decided to take a day trip to the Maipo Valley and the Andes mountains near the Chile-Argentina border. We trekked to about 3400 metres and took in a spectacular glacier and ... 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