Welcome to Santiago!

City Life in Chile

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April 17th 2009
After a few days in the small city of Pucon, it was back to big city life! We were heading to Santiago, the capitol of Chile. We caught a night bus from Pucon to Santiago, our first non-cama (aka non sleeper bus) since we have been in South America. Let me tell you, the South American bus system has been spoiling us. Sleeping on regular seats was tough, even though we took buses that were way wors ... read more

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago

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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