sky over lago esmeralda

Cochrane and on

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January 8th 2010
A resting day in Cochran and some time to visit the park. The woman of the hospedaje El Rubio was very nice to dry my clothes. In the rooms it is mostly cold because the only place that is heated is mostly the kitchen. At breakfast a German friend of the house Uwe came stumbling in. He was surprised by a dam that broke in the mountains and which did rise the level of the Rio Baker. He could just j ... 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