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From Chile to Peru

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May 7th 2009
So we´ve been on this pullman bus from valparaiso to the border for 20-odd hours now. It´s official- I have to live down here sometime in the future! Our bus just stopped in Iquique, a busy beach town with gigantic waves. Plus, the most handsome chilean, Jonas-- 22 and going to university in santiago, just got off in iquique. He gave me an orange and his breakfast. How romantic. lol. This mo ... 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