View from the French Valley

Torres Del Paine

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February 5th 2009
Torres Del Paine We first tried to organise our Torres trip from El Calafate in Argentina, but this was unsuccessful. After being ripped off by a nasty woman at a gear rental shop (long story, do not use "El Barraco" rental), we took the bus to Puerto Natales in Chile to organise our trip from there. We stayed in an extremely cheap room, at Hospedaje Olguita, basically a woman's (Olgu ... 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