Ushuaia

Week 1 - Tierra del Fuego

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February 22nd 2011
We´ve come to the end of our first week in South America and are waiting to catch the ferry over to the mainland this afternoon after crossing the Tierra del Fuego. It´s been 5 days riding and 277 miles to get from Ushuaia to Porvenir where we will be getting the ferry across to Punta Arenas. I´d hoped to make more entries but it seems that internet access is harder to find than we though. Ther ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Punta Arenas

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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