Sunset over Pacific...

Chile and yet warm, too

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October 20th 2006
We have just finished our first 24 hours in Valparaiso, or "Valpo" as its also known. And what a trip. We left Mendoza on Wednesday morning, later than we wanted, as always, and found our way onto Ruta 7, which snaked its way up toward the Andes, through a lower yet older range that looks out over Mendoza. The road was good, windy, yet not windy!! And so we made good progress upward. 20km fro ... read more

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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