La Serena

Chile, and a little of Argentina

---

February 18th 2010
From Bolivia I went on a night train ride into Chile. It was a bit of a nightmare as we were all crammed in like cattle. At 6am i got off at the border and intended to spend a day at the boarder town to rest up. But on looking around at the stone made one story buildings i realised there wasn´t any hotels here. Or any shops for that matter. I saw a bus about half a mile away and guessed this w ... read more

South America » Chile

---

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