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Valparaiso

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March 7th 2009
Today I got to have a look around Valparaiso, Chile with my group! It is a city of 300,000 or so and it is characterized by a crazy mess of unmarked cobble-stone streets, houses haphazardly smooshed into the hills that leave you in bewilderment as to how they are structurally supported, and colonial European influences mixed with authentic sassy Latin American style. It is actually a World Herit ... read more

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso

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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