On the Chilean border

Water, water, everywhere! Visiting the Lake District in Chile.

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September 5th 2009
In order to have a Lake District, one assumes they need rain. But did it have to happen for the entire time that we were in the area?! We headed off to the bus station in Bariloche to get ourselves on the next available bus to Puerto Varas in Chile. We found ourselves on a leaky bus with a grumpy bus driver who saw fit to bully every other car off the road. It was a long six hours, wa ... read more

South America » Chile » Los Lagos

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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