Vicuñas

Arica part 2

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June 22nd 2010
Thanks again for the comments, I laughed out loud reading some of them! Now to try to finish summing up our time in and around Arica... The next morning we woke up in the hotel for breakfast at 8am. I drank tea which I typically hate but I was freezing! We were so lucky to be able to have a hot shower there though. That morning we headed to the Salt Lake. As we began to ascend from Putre up ... read more

South America » Chile » Arica & Parinacota » Arica

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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