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Chile - Part 1:Santiago 20th - 23rd March 2011

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March 30th 2011
We flew on a LAN night flight into Santiago airport. It was a good journey where Dan made full use of the free red wine! We landed bleary eyed and were quickly through customs and immediately faced with our new challenge – the language barrier! Between us we know very little Spanish and South American’s on the whole, speak very little English! We eventually worked out that we needed to cat ... read more

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago

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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