Hiking in Torres del Paine (Patagonia) - a story of more cloud, snow, wind and rain
March 9th 2006 Day 29 - Friday 3rd March
The Facts:
Travel from El Calafate to Puerto Natales
The longer version:
Early start and we were on the bus to Chile. A great ride across the grassy slopes of the Patagonian Steppe. We encountered many Nandu (Andean Ostriches) though we aren’t sure whey the bus driver stopped from time to time, no announcements were made. We survived some more border crossings wit
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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 
