Atacama Desert

Chile & Bolivia (including Mendoza, Argentina, Tacna, Peru & Easter Island) 1989

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April 15th 1989
If you put your cursor/hand on the map above, you can move it around - Peru is to the north; Santiago, Chile to the south; Mendoza, Argentina to the southeast. This is a continuation of my putting our old travel journals onto this blog site. See previous ones: Guatemala 1988, which is the first in this series; Costa Rica 1989 (w/Christmas in Cozumel, Mexico and last da ... 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