Steep hills!!

Chile: Part 2 - Valparaiso and San Pedro 26th - 31st March 2011

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April 12th 2011
We endured a very broken night’s sleep on the bus from Mendoza back to Chile, which involved a 2.30am border crossing, and the Chileans are pretty strict on what you bring in which meant about half the bus had their bags hand searched after they were scanned! 5am came around and the bus stopped, the lights came on, and everyone got off. We asked ‘Valparaiso?’ to the driver and he replied i ... read more

South America » Chile

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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