St Mark's Church, Arica

Made entirely of Iron and built by Gustave Eiffel

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Arriving in Chile - Arica, Santiago and Valparaiso

May 20th 2010
After my flight from Iquitos, I had one night in Lima before heading 3,500km down the Pacific coast to Santiago de Chile. The bus from Lima to the border town of Tacna took 20 hours, and had an inauspicious start with a Peruvian gospel preacher (incidentally wearing an Hawaiian shirt) giving a sermon (as it was Mothers’ day) before then trying to sell some turrones (praline chocolate) to everyo ... read more

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago

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

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