El Completo

Week 10 - Santiago, Valparasio & the Atacama

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April 24th 2010
Sorry this has taken so long, the internet connection in Bolivia is not great! And so off to Chile. We had hoped to spend more time in Chile however uncertainty regarding the residual effects of the earthquake meant that we entered the country close to Santiago. We spent three days in Santiago and a weekend in a nearby city called Valparaiso before heading north to the Atacama Desert. Sant ... 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