Valpraiso

Chile

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February 19th 2009
Santiago We left Auckland at 5.30pm on 9th Feb and arrived in Santiago at 12.30pm on 9th Feb (which took a while to get our heads round....bloody international date line). We were feeling pretty jetted lagged by this stage even though the flight was very good, we flew with Lan Airlines a Chilean company and it was far better than our previous flights with Qantas. We were both feeling pretty ner ... 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