santiago roads and rail

Quito to Santiago

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December 23rd 2009
After the Galapagos I spent almost a week at the blue house hostel, in quito - nice place walked up the hill/mountain at the top of the clable car in quito, climbed from 4100m to 4800m, hard work breathing/walking/talking at the same time, but was good fun I flew down to chile, it took over 22 hours lots of layovers and stops Went into Guayqull for a few hours on the ecudorian coast, very ... read more

South America » Chile » Santiago Region

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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