View of Mount Fitz Roy from ferry

Getting to the Carretera Austral

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March 14th 2011
I thought our journey to the Carretera Austral deserved an entry of it's own as it has been pretty epic. The Carretera Austral is the road which winds through southern Chile and is supposed to be one of the most beautiful routes in the world so a lot of cyclists come here to do it. The problem is that it starts on the border of Chile and Argentina so is difficult to get to and involves a 35km unpa ... read more

South America » Chile » Aisén » Villa O'Higgins

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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