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The End of the Road

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February 1st 2010
J: Today is the last day of our trip. In a few hours we will board a plane to New Zealand and our journeys in South America shall be over for now, so it seems an appropriate point to reflect on our last few stops. Fittingly for a celebration of our travels, they were all wine regions. After Buenos Aires we stopped at Mendoza and checked into possibly the dirtiest hostel in Argentina, findi ... read more

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso

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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