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Villa Manuales and the cyclist refugio

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January 15th 2010
First real sunny morning in some weeks. It got even warm on the day. Should summer really begin ? I had a choice to make. The real Carretera to Villa Ortega or the paved road direction Puerto Aysen. I came for the Carretera so Carretera Austral it will be. It was written as a very scenic route. It was really up a lot on a bad road. Down is not the joy of going down in the alps. Here your have to b ... 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