The jeep

Santiago, Valparaiso and the long journey north

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May 14th 2011
When my month off work finally arrived, I quickly packed my minimal luggage and fled to South America. The journey from Bristol involved 26 hours of travelling including 2 flights and 8 hours sitting around at Paris airport, but eventually I made it to Santiago - the capital of Chile. The best bit about Santiago was probably the flight into the city where the plane had the weave its way between so ... 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