City center of Bariloche

Chillin in Chile

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April 5th 2009
We survived our 30 hour bus ride from El Calafate to Bariloche. We watched about six movies and kept getting up to stretch. With two hours left in the bus ride, I started getting pretty restless, but we made it through! My legs had a hard time working, but we survived! Bariloche is a cute little ski type town on the edge the Andes, surrounded by lakes and mountains. The name Bariloche comes fro ... read more

South America » Chile » Araucanía » Pucón

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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