Taking in the view from Cerro San Cristobal

Farewell South America!

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December 15th 2009
Last stop on our South American adventure meant we may not have done true justice to Santiago, I think we were really looking forward to coming to OZ, so spent a bit of time relaxing in our nice hostel Don Santiago in the Barrio Brazil area of Santiago which was nice and leafy with a few restaurants around. The city of Santiago was nice itself, again quite modern and definitely had the feel of a c ... read more

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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